change language

[rajeev]

I am english but live in japan just bought a new laptop with vista home
premier and its all in japanese. unfortunatly my japanese is not that good
is there anyway
of changing it into english thanks in advance

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

I am english but live in japan just bought a new laptop with vista home
premier and its all in japanese. unfortunatly my japanese is not that
good
is there anyway
of changing it into english thanks in advance

Yes. You can obtain an English version and reload the whole machine..

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[Tim Slattery]

I am english but live in japan just bought a new laptop with vista home
premier and its all in japanese. unfortunatly my japanese is not that good
is there anyway
of changing it into english thanks in advance

No. Language packs are available for Vista Ultimate only, all other
versions are stuck with the original language.

In another thread on this topic, this site was mentioned:
http://www.froggie.sk/. At least one poster had reported having
success with this package. I know nothing about it myself.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I am english but live in japan just bought a new laptop with vista home
premier and its all in japanese. unfortunatly my japanese is not that good
is there anyway
of changing it into english thanks in advance

Unless you have Vista Ultimate or Enterprise, you'd have to
purchase and install an English version of Vista. MUI (Multilingual
User Interface) packs are only available in Windows Vista Ultimate and
Windows Vista Enterprise.


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