language

[John]

I recently purchased a new laptop along with WinXP
Professional SP1, everything works great, but since I live
and work in Italy, the OS that I bought is also in Italian.
I can live with the Italian OS, but I would prefer the
English OS. Does anyone know of a patch that will change
the base OS language to English or do I need to buy a whole
new operating system for this ?

 

[Nicholas]

One cannot change the language version of Windows XP.
You must purchase the "Full English Version" of Windows XP,
reformat your drive and install it "clean". The alternative is to
create a dual-boot configuration which requires an available,
empty partition. You can purchase and use Partition Magic 8
(www.powerquest.com) to accomplish this.

If you have a desktop computer, or a notebook computer that
will accept a second hard drive, you can install a second hard
drive and install the "Full English Version" on it and end up
with a dual language boot configuration.

Cannot Upgrade or Install a Different Language Version of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282089


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Nicholas

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| I recently purchased a new laptop along with WinXP
| Professional SP1, everything works great, but since I live
| and work in Italy, the OS that I bought is also in Italian.
| I can live with the Italian OS, but I would prefer the
| English OS. Does anyone know of a patch that will change
| the base OS language to English or do I need to buy a whole
| new operating system for this ?