changing language on laptop.

larra1

Been trying to help my foreign friend get her laptop into English, we have tried everything possible (we think on pc) anybody got any other ideas please. Been in control panel been in tools tried changing language. Maybe need one of you great experts out there. Thanks in advance.

Rikki

In my internet options (tools, internet options, languages.) it is written like this... if that's any help, worth a try.

English (United Kingdom) [en-gb]

forever_broke_2

What operating system is it? in vista go to Control Panel --> Regional And Language Options --> Select English from the drop down on the first tab

Should be similar in XP

larra1

Thanks for that Rikki, tried that as well, no luck. Think she will have to stay foreign lol.

larra1

Cheers forever, will try that one, sure we did before but worth a try again and it is Vista.

forever_broke_2

Check the other tabs as well, Location and keyboard

loudcox

SFAIK, all that the Regional Settings do is affect the layout of the keyboard and the formatting of dates, currencies etc.

The only way to change language is to have an installation disk in the language concerned.

-TangleFoot-

loudcox wrote: »

The only way to change language is to have an installation disk in the language concerned.

Actually, if you have Windows Vista Ultimate or Enterprise Edition you can simply install the appropriate language pack. Users of other versions of Vista are limited to one language per installation by default, but utilities exist that can get around this.

This one, for example.