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Bought a new laptop and accidentally selected French as the OS language
instead of English. Je ne parle pas francais! That's it for my French - except for counting to neuf. Running XP Home. I called MS they told me to call Acer. Acer told me to do a system restore (no files created yet so there is no concern with data loss.) I did that and la voila (I guess I do a know little more French!) still in French! How do I change this to English? Brian |
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On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:51:01 -0800, Brian204845
wrote: Bought a new laptop and accidentally selected French as the OS language instead of English. Je ne parle pas francais! That's it for my French - except for counting to neuf. Running XP Home. I called MS they told me to call Acer. Acer told me to do a system restore (no files created yet so there is no concern with data loss.) I did that and la voila (I guess I do a know little more French!) still in French! How do I change this to English? Unfortunately you can not. You could try asking the vendor who sold you the laptop to provide an English version, but if they refuse, the only way to get English is to buy an English version and replace your French version with it. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:51:01 -0800, Brian204845
wrote: Bought a new laptop and accidentally selected French as the OS language instead of English. Je ne parle pas francais! That's it for my French - except for counting to neuf. Running XP Home. I called MS they told me to call Acer. Acer told me to do a system restore (no files created yet so there is no concern with data loss.) I did that and la voila (I guess I do a know little more French!) still in French! How do I change this to English? Unfortunately you can not. You could try asking the vendor who sold you the laptop to provide an English version, but if they refuse, the only way to get English is to buy an English version and replace your French version with it. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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You buy a PC featuring the language version you require.
Are you in Canada? "Brian204845" wrote in message ... Bought a new laptop and accidentally selected French as the OS language instead of English. Je ne parle pas francais! That's it for my French - except for counting to neuf. Running XP Home. I called MS they told me to call Acer. Acer told me to do a system restore (no files created yet so there is no concern with data loss.) I did that and la voila (I guess I do a know little more French!) still in French! How do I change this to English? Brian |
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You buy a PC featuring the language version you require.
Are you in Canada? "Brian204845" wrote in message ... Bought a new laptop and accidentally selected French as the OS language instead of English. Je ne parle pas francais! That's it for my French - except for counting to neuf. Running XP Home. I called MS they told me to call Acer. Acer told me to do a system restore (no files created yet so there is no concern with data loss.) I did that and la voila (I guess I do a know little more French!) still in French! How do I change this to English? Brian |
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Brian204845 wrote:
Bought a new laptop and accidentally selected French as the OS language instead of English. Je ne parle pas francais! That's it for my French - except for counting to neuf. Running XP Home. I called MS they told me to call Acer. Acer told me to do a system restore (no files created yet so there is no concern with data loss.) I did that and la voila (I guess I do a know little more French!) still in French! How do I change this to English? Brian You cannot upgrade or convert from one language version of the OS to another, so you'll have to purchase and use the full version of WinXP (in whatever language you want) to perform a clean installation. Cannot Upgrade or Install a Different Language Version of Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;282089 -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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Brian204845 wrote:
Bought a new laptop and accidentally selected French as the OS language instead of English. Je ne parle pas francais! That's it for my French - except for counting to neuf. Running XP Home. I called MS they told me to call Acer. Acer told me to do a system restore (no files created yet so there is no concern with data loss.) I did that and la voila (I guess I do a know little more French!) still in French! How do I change this to English? Brian You cannot upgrade or convert from one language version of the OS to another, so you'll have to purchase and use the full version of WinXP (in whatever language you want) to perform a clean installation. Cannot Upgrade or Install a Different Language Version of Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;282089 -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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The problem is you originally installed in French.....all subsequent
restores will be in French. The Acer instructions even tell you that. I am willing to bet that when you did the system restore French was ticked as the language of choice and you couldn't change it if you tried. maybe if you phone Acer again and ask real nice they will send you an actual restore CD which wont care what language was there originally. I just did an Acer restore from Vista to original XP and I noticed English was ticked and I could not change it. peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "Brian204845" wrote in message ... Bought a new laptop and accidentally selected French as the OS language instead of English. Je ne parle pas francais! That's it for my French - except for counting to neuf. Running XP Home. I called MS they told me to call Acer. Acer told me to do a system restore (no files created yet so there is no concern with data loss.) I did that and la voila (I guess I do a know little more French!) still in French! How do I change this to English? Brian |
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The problem is you originally installed in French.....all subsequent
restores will be in French. The Acer instructions even tell you that. I am willing to bet that when you did the system restore French was ticked as the language of choice and you couldn't change it if you tried. maybe if you phone Acer again and ask real nice they will send you an actual restore CD which wont care what language was there originally. I just did an Acer restore from Vista to original XP and I noticed English was ticked and I could not change it. peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "Brian204845" wrote in message ... Bought a new laptop and accidentally selected French as the OS language instead of English. Je ne parle pas francais! That's it for my French - except for counting to neuf. Running XP Home. I called MS they told me to call Acer. Acer told me to do a system restore (no files created yet so there is no concern with data loss.) I did that and la voila (I guess I do a know little more French!) still in French! How do I change this to English? Brian |
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