Applying Spanish SP1 to English XP

[Mark Eby]

My nephew, who is from Mexico and doesn't speak much
english, purchased a computer a few months ago from here
in Texas. Of course, XP is in English even though we we
set his location to Mexico and his language to Spanish.
This has been a problem for him since he doesn't know the
meaning of most error messages and such.

My question is this: Would it be possible to apply the
Spanish version of SP1a to his version of XP? Wouldn't
this automatically make a good portion of his XP in
Spanish? Or would it just crash?

Thanks!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You must use the same language version of SP1.
If you attempt to install the Spanish version of SP1
on a computer running the English version, you'll
get an error message and the installation of SP1 will
abort.

Windows XP Service Pack 1a
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/sp1lang.asp

One cannot change the language version of Windows XP.
You'll have to purchase a "Full Spanish Version" of
Windows XP, reformat your hard drive, then install it.

Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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"Mark Eby" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message:

| My nephew, who is from Mexico and doesn't speak much
| english, purchased a computer a few months ago from here
| in Texas. Of course, XP is in English even though we we
| set his location to Mexico and his language to Spanish.
| This has been a problem for him since he doesn't know the
| meaning of most error messages and such.
|
| My question is this: Would it be possible to apply the
| Spanish version of SP1a to his version of XP? Wouldn't
| this automatically make a good portion of his XP in
| Spanish? Or would it just crash?
|
| Thanks!

 

[Mark Eby]

THANKS!