Select Language and keyboard

[M]

A new computer that has vista business installed.
When you try to start to use this computer, It let you choose the language
and the keyboard from comboboxes.
Can you choose any one from the comboboxes?

 

[Charlie42]

A new computer that has vista business installed.
When you try to start to use this computer, It let you choose the language
and the keyboard from comboboxes.
Can you choose any one from the comboboxes?

Yes. Your choice will set a default language and keyboard layout, but it
will not affect the language your Vista speaks.

Charlie42

 

[M]

If this will cause the system fail?
For instance, if the default version is English,
What about I choose Chinese as language, if this will crash the computer?
Thanks

 

[Charlie42]

If this will cause the system fail?
For instance, if the default version is English,
What about I choose Chinese as language, if this will crash the computer?

Your computer will be just fine, no need to worry. You are just setting your
preferred language and keyboard layout, you are not changing the language of
your Vista interface (that is a different procedure).

The worst thing that could happen, is if you set a different language than
your keyboard has, in which case the keys and letters may mismatch. You can
easily change the language back, or change it to something else in:

Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Keyboards and Languages tab.

In order to change the actual language of your Vista interface, you have to
download a multilingual user interface (MUI) or language interface pack
(LIP) from Microsoft. MUIs are for Ultimate only, you can check out this
Microsoft page to find out if your Vista copy qualifies for an LIP:

http://www.microsoft.com/industry/publicsector/government/locallanguage/find-a-language.aspx

Charlie42

 

[M]

The vista business is English version.
When I tried to start to use this computer, I selected Chinese as the
language
Then the computer got error, and never works again.
I do not know if it was because this computer had hardware problem, or It
was because I selected the wrong language.
Anyway, If It do not allow to set the other language beside the language of
English.
It should disable these languages

Thanks