pc from holland is in dutch; how to change to english

[Simon]

One of my clients friends (!!) has a pc with XP home (XP
Huiswaarts LOL) she bought to england from holland and
she wishes to change it to be in english. Language
setings have been changed but the menus etc are still in
dutch, they now have the following questions:
1: can it be changed without a re-install and if so how?
2: if it is a re-install presumably it needs an english
install cd and then will ask for the COA key - if the
original dutch key is used will this be acceptable?

Many thanks in advance

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[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No, one cannot use the Product Key of one language version
of Windows XP with a different language version. Your friend
will need to purchase a "full English version" of Windows XP,
reformat the drive and install it "clean".

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

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| One of my clients friends (!!) has a pc with XP home (XP
| Huiswaarts LOL) she bought to england from holland and
| she wishes to change it to be in english. Language
| setings have been changed but the menus etc are still in
| dutch, they now have the following questions:
| 1: can it be changed without a re-install and if so how?
| 2: if it is a re-install presumably it needs an english
| install cd and then will ask for the COA key - if the
| original dutch key is used will this be acceptable?
|
| Many thanks in advance
|
| remove the 2 words "remove" in email address

 

[Simon]

Many thanks Carey, confirmed what I had thought!