Re: Difference between Windows XP localize versions?

From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 07/05/04 

Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 20:38:19 +0100

Michael Wayne wrote:

>Dear Friends: Is there a slightly difference between
>Windows XP home english vs Windows XP Spanish other than
>the language? I am latin so I would want a spanish
>version but I have the impresion that the english version
>would be somehow more stable since it was first created in
>that language. I know it may sound silly, but that is the
>perception latins have from traduced products.

AFAIK there is no difference in the actual code. What is different is
the language used in menus and dialogs, and maybe (I have no direct
knowledge) in naming structures in the registry. This sort of thing is
handled by using different included files of text structures when the
system is compiled, with the same source code files 

-- 
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)

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