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Changing settings with XP pro
My son just bought a laptop second-hand. Windows XP pro was preinstalled by
the manufacturer. Unfortunately, the regional/language are set to spanish and require a disc to change it. Is there a download on microsoft that can change it to english? |
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Changing settings with XP pro
Kelly wrote:
My son just bought a laptop second-hand. Windows XP pro was preinstalled by the manufacturer. Unfortunately, the regional/language are set to spanish and require a disc to change it. Is there a download on microsoft that can change it to english? Second hand laptop? Obviously installed with the spanish version of Windows XP? The only way to change the language is to purchase the english version of Windows XP and a new license key and clean install it. However - being a second-hand computer (unless you bought it from the manufacturer refurbished and mis-spoke about it being second-hand) you should likely format it and start fresh anyway yourself. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Changing settings with XP pro
"Kelly" wrote in message ... My son just bought a laptop second-hand. Windows XP pro was preinstalled by the manufacturer. Unfortunately, the regional/language are set to spanish and require a disc to change it. Is there a download on microsoft that can change it to english? If it were only regional and language settings, you wouldn't need a disk. There are versions of Windows which can have a language pack applied, but Windows XP Pro is not one of them. You will have to purchase an English version and do a clean install.. -- Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/ |
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