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Wanna change Language used in menus and dialogs.....
hello there
i am residing in Russia Moscow i bought this laptop toshiba one with windows XP installed it has this option of two languages English and Russian now the problem is that i wanna change the language that appears in the menus and dialogs. since all messages that appears in the computers are in russian language it is a great trouble i have to use my guess work have to look at icons and guess what does it stand for is there any way i can change the language that appears in the menus and dialogs from russian to english Any helps will be highly appreciated. thanks in anticipaiton........ urvashi |
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Wanna change Language used in menus and dialogs.....
hi wes
thanks for the advise i haven't tried it yet but i guess you are right i will try it out thanks urvashi On Apr 7, 8:58 pm, "Wesley Vogel" wrote: Sounds like you have a Russian version of Windows XP. If you want an English language version you will have to purchase one and clean install it. "You cannot upgrade or install a different language version of Windows." "The Language of This Installation of Windows Differs from the One You Are Installing" Error Messagehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/282089 -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User roups.com, hunted and pecked: hello there i am residing in Russia Moscow i bought this laptop toshiba one with windows XP installed it has this option of two languages English and Russian now the problem is that i wanna change the language that appears in the menus and dialogs. since all messages that appears in the computers are in russian language it is a great trouble i have to use my guess work have to look at icons and guess what does it stand for is there any way i can change the language that appears in the menus and dialogs from russian to english Any helps will be highly appreciated. thanks in anticipaiton........ urvashi |
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Wanna change Language used in menus and dialogs.....
hi again
thanks for your instant help but.. before i try the help you gave i found something may be this can make things more clear to you i found this sticker behind my laptop which says its a Windows XP Home Russian 672. now let me put my question in a different manner normally i can change language used in menus and dialog boxs this way: control panelRegional and lanuguage optionslanguagesLanguage used in menus in dialogs----drop down---choose language--ok but in my computer this option of Language used in menus in dialogs-- drop down does'nt appears. i dont know what should be done to get it changed to english, otherwise i have this choice of typing in russian and english which i guess proves that its a multilingual one HELP PLEASE thanks in anticipation Urvashi On Apr 9, 7:25 pm, wrote: hi wes thanks for the advise i haven't tried it yet but i guess you are right i will try it out thanks urvashi On Apr 7, 8:58 pm, "Wesley Vogel" wrote: Sounds like you have a Russian version of Windows XP. If you want an English language version you will have to purchase one and clean install it. "You cannot upgrade or install a different language version of Windows." "The Language of This Installation of Windows Differs from the One You Are Installing" Error Messagehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/282089 -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User roups.com, hunted and pecked: hello there i am residing in Russia Moscow i bought this laptop toshiba one with windows XP installed it has this option of two languages English and Russian now the problem is that i wanna change the language that appears in the menus and dialogs. since all messages that appears in the computers are in russian language it is a great trouble i have to use my guess work have to look at icons and guess what does it stand for is there any way i can change the language that appears in the menus and dialogs from russian to english Any helps will be highly appreciated. thanks in anticipaiton........ urvashi |
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Wanna change Language used in menus and dialogs.....
Hi Urvashi,
but in my computer this option of Language used in menus in dialogs-- drop down does'nt appears. i dont know what should be done to get it changed to english Purchase an English version of Windows XP. See this for what you might be able to do... Windows XP Professional Resource Kit Multilingual Solutions for Global Business http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...21675.mspx#EXF Purchase an English version of Windows XP is really your only answer. You can get a Windows XP Professional Multilingual User Interface Pack, but it's available only by volume licensing and does not work with XP Home. It is not available through retail channels and looks like it is intended for multinational corporations, the folks with the big bucks. Can MUI be installed on Windows XP Home edition? No. MUI is a feature that is available only on the Professional edition of Windows XP. from... Frequently Asked Questions Windows Server 2003, Windows XP & Windows 2000 MUI http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/D...qs/MUIFaq.mspx -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In ups.com, hunted and pecked: hi again thanks for your instant help but.. before i try the help you gave i found something may be this can make things more clear to you i found this sticker behind my laptop which says its a Windows XP Home Russian 672. now let me put my question in a different manner normally i can change language used in menus and dialog boxs this way: control panelRegional and lanuguage optionslanguagesLanguage used in menus in dialogs----drop down---choose language--ok but in my computer this option of Language used in menus in dialogs-- drop down does'nt appears. i dont know what should be done to get it changed to english, otherwise i have this choice of typing in russian and english which i guess proves that its a multilingual one HELP PLEASE thanks in anticipation Urvashi On Apr 9, 7:25 pm, wrote: hi wes thanks for the advise i haven't tried it yet but i guess you are right i will try it out thanks urvashi On Apr 7, 8:58 pm, "Wesley Vogel" wrote: Sounds like you have a Russian version of Windows XP. If you want an English language version you will have to purchase one and clean install it. "You cannot upgrade or install a different language version of Windows." "The Language of This Installation of Windows Differs from the One You Are Installing" Error Messagehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/282089 -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User roups.com, hunted and pecked: hello there i am residing in Russia Moscow i bought this laptop toshiba one with windows XP installed it has this option of two languages English and Russian now the problem is that i wanna change the language that appears in the menus and dialogs. since all messages that appears in the computers are in russian language it is a great trouble i have to use my guess work have to look at icons and guess what does it stand for is there any way i can change the language that appears in the menus and dialogs from russian to english Any helps will be highly appreciated. thanks in anticipaiton........ urvashi |
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