change of language

[gmax]

I recently bought a laptop in france with xp "familiale"
(i assume this to be the "home" edition?) pre-installed.
everything is in french and i would like to change this to
english. despite searching the drives and cd's that came
with the machine i can't seem to find the language files,
nor for that matter the command to change the overall
language. can you please help?

yours in anticipation,

gmax.

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi,
you must have to purchase the English version.

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

regards,
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

You cannot upgrade or convert from one language version of the OS
to another, so you'll have to purchase and use the full version of
English WinXP to perform a clean installation.

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


Bruce Chambers

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