How do I make it English?

[yes]

Hi...for some reason whenever I click on a link that takes me to Microsoft,
the page comes up in Spanish. Problem is, I don't read or write Spanish. As
far as web browsing is concerned, it is all English. If I go to a Microsoft
site, it is English, but if I link, Spanish. It's getting rather
frustrating As you may have figured, this was a used computer when I got
it...the Dell computer at has XP Pro. Any ideas? Also, anyway to change the
administrator? There was one (I guess the former owner) but I don't know the
password. Thanks.

 

[Ted Zieglar]

If the problem only exists for the Microsoft web site, remove the
cookie(s) for all Microsoft web sites, then clear Temporary Internet
Files and restart the browser.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hi...for some reason whenever I click on a link that takes me to
Microsoft, the page comes up in Spanish. Problem is, I don't read or
write Spanish. As far as web browsing is concerned, it is all
English. If I go to a Microsoft site, it is English, but if I link,
Spanish. It's getting rather frustrating As you may have figured,
this was a used computer when I got it...the Dell computer at has XP
Pro. Any ideas? Also, anyway to change the administrator? There was
one (I guess the former owner) but I don't know the password. Thanks.

That's probably only one of your problems. If I bought a used computer, the
first thing I would do with it would be to reinstall the operating system
cleanly. You have no idea how the computer has been maintained, what has
been installed incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and spyware there
may be, etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody else's mistakes and
problems, possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend that
anyone else do either.

 

[Guest]

Yep,That the problem of buying a used computer, is the OS english or
Spanish?, if have the manufacturer utilities you can restore to the
manfacturer settings as it came from the shop brand new which I dout in your
situation, well let's hope there is nothing on which mentioned by Ken,could
you go to your Control panel and click on Date, Time, Language, and Regional
Options and click on Regional languag Options and see the settings there.
Also see the Language option on the IE Properties not set to spanish as
defauly,to do that Right click the IE Icon on your Desktop and select
Internet Properties and on the Internet Properties on General Tab click on
Languages Button and set the language there, you can delete and add new
language the when you finished click Ok and close and Reboot your Computer
and try and see if there is any joy.
HTH
Regards,
nass

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Hi...for some reason whenever I click on a link that takes me to
Microsoft,
the page comes up in Spanish. Problem is, I don't read or write Spanish.
As
far as web browsing is concerned, it is all English. If I go to a
Microsoft
site, it is English, but if I link, Spanish. It's getting rather
frustrating As you may have figured, this was a used computer when I
got
it...the Dell computer at has XP Pro. Any ideas? Also, anyway to change
the
administrator? There was one (I guess the former owner) but I don't know
the
password. Thanks.

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