Change OS language question

[JD]

I purchased a system fro my home in europe (I'm American)
and the OS was XP Home in Dutch. I was told that if I
purchased the XP Professional Upgrade SW that I could
change the OS language to English...my Dutch isnt very
good. I purchased the Dutch upgrade SW and cant seem to
change the OS to English. Is this possible? Thnx in
advance.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

One cannot change from one language version of Windows to
another language version. You'll need to purchase a "full version"
of Windows XP in your desired language version and then perform
a "clean install".

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

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

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

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| I purchased a system fro my home in europe (I'm American)
| and the OS was XP Home in Dutch. I was told that if I
| purchased the XP Professional Upgrade SW that I could
| change the OS language to English...my Dutch isnt very
| good. I purchased the Dutch upgrade SW and cant seem to
| change the OS to English. Is this possible? Thnx in
| advance.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

You were told wrong.

You cannot upgrade 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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