crap... I can't wait til I can get a new comp for at home... and also afford internet.

Konnichi-wa, minasan.
Zannen nagara gaijin de orite watakushi-wa nihon-ni ichido mo ikanakatta deshita. Sore yue-ni, nihongo wa jozu-de nakutemo shi, o-bokokugo-de sukoshi shika hanasu koto-ga dekimasu sumimasen.
Towaie kono fouramu ni sanka-shitai deshita ga nihongo-no tekisuto editaa ga nakute sukoshi komarimasu.
Dewa minasan , douzo, romaji dake naku kanji mo kana o kaita messaji-o dasu yō-ni, dono nihongo-no komupyuutaa tekisuto edītaa-ga (text editor program for PC) mottomo yoi de oshiete moraitai desu.

Arakajme, o-gaman mo o-jogon mo o-tezudai mo doumo arigatou gozaimasu!

Arigatou Gozaimasu

same here. ありがとう！

Thanks a lot! I've been wondering how to do this for a while. Now all I need to do is learn Japanese. :confused:

英語ユーザ向きだけだそうだ

it sucks that the only computer left in my house that has XP is my school issued laptop -.-;

First,let's learn Japanese Hiragana .
 

The basis of Japanese language is [Hiragana].
Hiragana is composed by 51 characters.
http://kids.nifty.com/study/hira_rensyu/index.htm
Let's practice again and again until you can write these 51 characters.
If you can write these characters completely,at next stage you can try to easy Kanji.:)

To type Japanese on an English version of Windows, don't you have to install the IME? Then a little "EN" and "JP" appear in the taskbar allowing movement between Japanese and English easily. I do this all of the time at home (the computer I'm on now won't allow the IME). Is the check box on the screen shot a shortcut I didn't know about?

ようこそ！

If you have XP just press ALT+Shift and it will automatically switch from English To Japanese and then you have to activate Hiragana by pressing the big A in your task bar.