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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows Vista and 7 => Topic started by: tuyan on October 17, 2007, 10:19:11 AM

Title: how to change language of a laptop?
Post by: tuyan on October 17, 2007, 10:19:11 AM

my cousin from italy is coming back here in the philippines.
he wants to change the language of his laptop?
what should i do?
do i need to install another OS?
installing an OS in a laptop is the same with a desktop?

Title: Re: how to change language of a laptop?
Post by: patio on October 17, 2007, 10:58:45 AM

Depending on the OS it may just involve installing a language pack...some are free ...others are not.
Try the MS website This (http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/35a1b021-d96c-49a5-8d8f-5e9d64ab5ecc1033.mspx) for example would be for Vista...

Title: Re: how to change language of a laptop?
Post by: tuyan on October 17, 2007, 09:20:18 PM

he use windows vista... where can i get the language pack?
please give me a site where i can download it for free...
thanks...

Title: Re: how to change language of a laptop?
Post by: programming_pat on October 17, 2007, 09:22:26 PM

see microsoft.com.

Title: Re: how to change language of a laptop?
Post by: Broni on October 17, 2007, 11:37:54 PM

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he wants to change the language of his laptop?

What EXACTLY does he expect?
For instance, if he has Italian Windows version, and he'd like to see Windows commands displayed in Tagalog, it's impossible.

Title: Re: how to change language of a laptop?
Post by: patio on October 18, 2007, 02:53:41 PM

tuyan clik on the word "this" in my above post...that will take you to the Vista language pack page from Microsoft...
It is in Blue and Underlined...that's how links are shown in our Forum...