Can You Change the language settings without the os disc

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Neil

my friend has just brought a pc with windows 2000 on it
but due to the person before her buying it off the
internet from America all its language settings are in
western US is there any way you can change the settings
without the 2000 OS disc thanks in advance
 
What are you trying to change it to? Remember that OS versions are language
specific - you can't change an English-language copy of Windows to a French
one, etc.

Note - she should have been given the CD and license if she bought the
computer...
 
As im working off what she has told me the language settings are set to
Western US and because she wants to download MSN to be able to chat with when
she gets as far as setting her password/screenname it says its the wrong
country when she tried to change the country from United States to UK she
didnthave the option to change it no other names were in the list apart from
U S. She hasnt got a disk because the person she brought it off brought it
off the internet where from i dont know but its obviously set to Western US
language need to change it to United Kingdom
 
Neil said:
As im working off what she has told me the language settings are set
to Western US and because she wants to download MSN to be able to
chat with when she gets as far as setting her password/screenname it
says its the wrong country when she tried to change the country from
United States to UK she didnthave the option to change it no other
names were in the list apart from U S. She hasnt got a disk because
the person she brought it off brought it off the internet where from
i dont know but its obviously set to Western US language need to
change it to United Kingdom
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I'm using WinXP Pro here, and don't have W2k handy, but in control panel,
does she have a Regional and Language Options applet?

Did she even get a copy of the license for her installationW2k? If not,
she's not using a legal copy. She really should get media - perhaps even
just bite the bullet and buy a full copy of WinXP if the hardware can handle
it. You should always have installation media, always.
 
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