JDK1.3: Regional Options

Hi,
I'm using Win2000 Prof platform for development. The Locale and Language in "Regional Options" were set to "Typical Chinese (Hong Kong)". When I use JDK1.3 to compile my Java programs, strange symbols and Chinese will be displayed if any output messages (e.g. error messages) are generated by the compiler. I would like to have English display instead of Chinese and those strange symbols, but I don't want to set the locale and language for Win2000 to English. Could anyone give your advices? Thanks in advance!
P.S.: No such display problem when I used JDK1.2.

I am having the same problem on my Japanese Windows 2000 professional using Java 1.4.2_01. Did you find a solution?

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