1. Update to Java 1.5 (take the JRE)

2. Check your language settings for everything. your OS, your browsers, & LW.

I've had the issue of trying to type a search & it comes up in Thai or Chinese. I suspect it has something to do with a keyboard short-cut to changing language that I'm not aware about. I never studied Thai either, I studied Kmer. lol

I don't advise opening up 2 accounts of LW at the same time. In fact I would strongly advise not to. You may end up with all sorts of issues from ram, to system confusion (particularly Windows ) to ... lol