Upgrade from Dutch to English version

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Gek

Hi,
I would like to upgrade my Ducth Vista into an English version?
What shall I do?
If I buy an UK version and install it I might loose all my datas.
Would it be safer to upgrade the actual version?
If yes pls tell me how.

Thanks
Gek
 
Gek said:
Hi,
I would like to upgrade my Ducth Vista into an English version?
What shall I do?
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Only Vista Ultimate supports switching languages. So you'd have to
upgrade whatever version you're using to Ultimate (unless you're
already there), then apply an English language pack.

Two ways around this have recently come to light. Microsoft has
recently released language packs for all versions of Vista at the
download center: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/. Apparently these
don't translate quite *everything* in the UI, and it may take a bit of
searching to find the one you need.

Another possibility is http://www.froggie.sk/, which claims to allow
you to use the Ultimate language packs with any version of Vista. I
have no experience with this myself.
 
Copy data to a backup device. Install a 100% new system from English-only
install media. Copy/restore your data back to the system. Visit your
computer manufacturer's web site to obtain English-language driver files.
It may have these already.
Only Vista Ultimate supports switching languages. So you'd have to
upgrade whatever version you're using to Ultimate (unless you're
already there), then apply an English language pack.

Two ways around this have recently come to light. Microsoft has
recently released language packs for all versions of Vista at the
download center: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/. Apparently these
don't translate quite *everything* in the UI, and it may take a bit of
searching to find the one you need.
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Language Interface Packs are designed to be applied over an English or other
commonly used language system (e.g Spanish) to provide an interface in a
less commonly used language. Examples are Tamil over English or Basque over
Spanish. It does not appear from the materials on
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/ that one could apply an English
interface over a Dutch base system. A limited number of Language Interface
Packs seem to be available, and I would assume that support is not good,
compared to what it available for an English system.

Nice try though.

Earle
 
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