Re: Changing default language

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From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/01/04 

Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 06:06:23 -0400

Hi,

WindowsXP comes in several languages, yours was installed with a Spanish
version. You would need to start from scratch by formatting and use an
English language version for the installation. You can't convert it from the
existing installation. There is no download that will convert this for you. 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Desperados!" <Desperados!@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:42EBF188-5A6D-46ED-818A-D74981313D61@microsoft.com...
> We live in Spain and when our new computer was delivered recently,, the 
> guys
> who installed it chose Spanish as the default language. How on earth do we
> change it?! Someone suggested uninstalling windows XP and reinstalling via
> safe mode. When we tried to do this (we do not have the start up disk 
> anyway
> or is XP sometimes pre-installed?) Windows Xp does not appear as a program 
> in
> the install/uninstall list. Someone else has suggested that you can find a
> programme on Microsoft.com that allows you to change the language...
>
> Any suggestions! The problem is that we can´t even understand the help
> instructions so you are our only hope!

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