On a Win 2000, with Hindi enabled as default locale, installed Merlin b74, run SwingSet2 or Font2DTest, the following exception is thrown:

R:\binaries\win\latest\demo\jfc\SwingSet2>java -version
  a v a v e r s i o n " 1 . 4 . 0 - b e t a _ r e f r e s h "
 J a v a ( T M ) 2 R u n t i m e E n v i r o n m e n t , S t a n d a r d E d i t i o n (
 b u i l d 1 . 4 . 0 - b e t a _ r e f r e s h - b 7 4 )
 J a v a H o t S p o t ( T M ) C l i e n t V M ( b u i l d 1 . 4 . 0 - b e t a _ r e f r e
 s h - b 7 4 , m i x e d m o d e )

R:\binaries\win\latest\demo\jfc\SwingSet2>java -jar SwingSet2.jar
Exception in thread "main" j a v a . u t i l . z i p . Z i p E x c e p t i o n : T h e f i l e n
 a m e , d i r e c t o r y n a m e , o r v o l u m e l a b e l s y n t a x i s i n c
 o r r e c t
         a t j a v a . u t i l . z i p . Z i p F i l e . o p e n ( N a t i v e M e t h o d )
         a t j a v a . u t i l . z i p . Z i p F i l e . < i n i t > ( Z i p F i l e . j a v a : 1
 1 5 )
         a t j a v a . u t i l . j a r . J a r F i l e . < i n i t > ( J a r F i l e . j a v a : 1
 2 5 )
         a t j a v a . u t i l . j a r . J a r F i l e . < i n i t > ( J a r F i l e . j a v a : 5
 9 )

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Run applet demo Clock, the following exception is thrown

R:\binaries\win\latest\demo\applets\Clock>appletviewer example1.html
I / O e x c e p t i o n w h i l e r e a d i n g : R : \ b i n a r i e s \ w i n \ l a t e s
t \ d e m o \ a p p l e t s \ C l o c k \ example1.htm ( T h e f i l e n a m e , d i r e c t o
  y n a m e , o r v o l u m e l a b e l s y n t a x i s i n c o r r e c t )

Note: Same tests in English (U.S.) or Thai locale work fine.