Changing the XP language

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A friend just moved to Denmark and took his old system with him but it
died. So he brought a nice new system with XP ready installed. Now the
problem, XP is in Danish not English and we can't figure a way to
change it i.e. none of the control panel settings change the whole
system.
Can he contact MS and get an alternative copy (international English)
and have the Danish one made un registerable. Or will their answer be
buy another copy, as you can guess the first one was pre installed and
only comes with an image disc.

Any help much appreciated
Pat Carpenter
 
Windows XP is written in specific language versions, therefore one
cannot change it from one language version to another. You'll need
to purchase a "Full Version" of Windows XP in the language version
you want, reformat your drive and install it "clean".

Or if you have an available empty drive or partition, you can install
another "Full Version" of Windows XP in a different language version
and create a dual-boot configuration.

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

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]

A good third-party partitioning program is Partition Magic 8.
http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/pmdetails.cfm

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
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| A friend just moved to Denmark and took his old system with him but it
| died. So he brought a nice new system with XP ready installed. Now the
| problem, XP is in Danish not English and we can't figure a way to
| change it i.e. none of the control panel settings change the whole
| system.
| Can he contact MS and get an alternative copy (international English)
| and have the Danish one made un registerable. Or will their answer be
| buy another copy, as you can guess the first one was pre installed and
| only comes with an image disc.
|
| Any help much appreciated
| Pat Carpenter
 
Windows XP is written in specific language versions, therefore one
cannot change it from one language version to another. You'll need
to purchase a "Full Version" of Windows XP in the language version
you want, reformat your drive and install it "clean".

Or if you have an available empty drive or partition, you can install
another "Full Version" of Windows XP in a different language version
and create a dual-boot configuration.

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

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]

A good third-party partitioning program is Partition Magic 8.
http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/pmdetails.cfm
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Thanks for the bad news, now to tell my friend :-{

Cheers
Pat Carpenter
 
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