Wrong language chosen on set up.

borasiclint

Picked up a MSI U135 running XP from Argos yesterday. During set up I thought that I had chosen the "English" option. Apparently not. Everything is in Polish. Is there any way back to English.

P.s I don't speak Polish

Toxteth_OGrady

Owszem

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=441498&postcount=5

http://www.poltran.com/odp.php4?q=2&direction=1&word=Yes

If you can't find the Control Panel, Language settings in Polish try this:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/langbar_keystroke_shortcuts.mspx?mfr=true

borasiclint

Toxteth_OGrady wrote: »

Owszem

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=441498&postcount=5

http://www.poltran.com/odp.php4?q=2&direction=1&word=Yes

If you can't find the Control Panel, Language settings in Polish try this:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/langbar_keystroke_shortcuts.mspx?mfr=true

Doesn't change OS language as far as I know.


LOL.

the182guy

Click start (bottom left button) then the control panel icon which looks like a clipboard with a pen. Then on the control panel click the globe icon which is Regional and Language settings, seen here on the right:

Toxteth_OGrady

Since it's a new machine you may as well try a factory restore to re-install Windows and (hopefully) set it to English.

http://www.ehow.com/how_7649727_recover-laptop-original-factory-settings.html

borasiclint

the182guy wrote: »

Click start (bottom left button) then the control panel icon which looks like a clipboard with a pen. Then on the control panel click the globe icon which is Regional and Language settings, seen here on the right:

Changed every menu I could find to English. Everything still in Polish.

Is this going to need a complete re-install of XP, which I don't have via a cd drive, which I also don't have.

the182guy

Probably won't help but have you tried a restart after changing the language setting?

dogmaryxx

Steps to change the default system language (Windows XP)

1) Open the Control Panel.
2) Open Regional and Language Options.
3) Click the Languages tab.
4) Ensure Supplemental language support items are checked.
5) Click the Advanced tab.
6) Select the language from the list in the Language for non-Unicode programs

English to Polish translation

1) Otw!rz Panel sterowania.
2) Otw!rz Opcje regionalne i językowe.
3) Kliknij kartę Języki.
4) zapewnia obsługę język!w miejski przedmioty są sprawdzane.
5) Kliknij kartę Zaawansowane.
6) Wybierz język z listy w Język dla program!w nie obsługujących kodu Unicode