> Hi there,
>
> I live in Japan, and I bought my laptop here. Thanks to this, I have a
> Japanese version of Windows Vista, which didn't really bother me so
> far, but now it has caused me a serious problem.
>
> I have a Fujitsu laptop, with an Intel Mobile 945GM Express Chipset. I
> would love to change some of my settings, due to recent
> software-crashes, for example the anisotrpoic filter.
>
> I open the interface of the driver, but on the buttons, and in the
> lists, I only see question marks. This happened many times before as
> well, but only at applications were I knew what to select anyways.
>
> I believe it will be a problem later on as well, so I would like to
> know why it is like this, and how I could get rid of this error.
>
> Even my friends who have Japanese Vista installed on their laptops,
> have no such problems with any sort of softwares... So I wonder what
> could be wrong.
>
> I appreciate any help I could get, thanks in advance!
>

Try first install latest graphic drivers form intel.com it might fix your
problems (select your language version if you can).
You can also check if Aero is causing this problem by turning it off change
theme to windows classic (Display Properties).