Originally Posted by a_medico
actually when u install windows, it asks for location and language where u stay.
for eg. if we select russian, then automatically the encoding is in cyrillic.
if we choose English or any other country, it tends to install other encodings like western european etc.... so we have to change it manually to cyrillic when we visit russian sites...
so if u are too desperate to have cyrillic coding...u have to format and reinstall windows and when prompted, select ur language as russian..
ps- u can also try selecting russian language option in control panel>regional settings...tho i m not sure it will help !!