Multi Language Support
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Hey guys, I know this probably shouldnt be posted in the lounge, but we dont have an OS support forumn. Ive been shipped a development PC from Germany, and the version of XP installed does not have support for US english. I've been all over the MS support site, and suprise surprise, there isnt a topic or answer that helps me solve my problem... I cannot reinstall windows on this computer. It has all of the devopment tools and settings already installed and set, but everything is in German... Is there a single download for multi language support so i can switch the language to english while i have the computer? Ive set every possible option to english, but when i try to switch the menus and the other remaining options to english it begins searching for an \i386\lang folder that does not exist. Any ideas?
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Hey guys, I know this probably shouldnt be posted in the lounge, but we dont have an OS support forumn. Ive been shipped a development PC from Germany, and the version of XP installed does not have support for US english. I've been all over the MS support site, and suprise surprise, there isnt a topic or answer that helps me solve my problem... I cannot reinstall windows on this computer. It has all of the devopment tools and settings already installed and set, but everything is in German... Is there a single download for multi language support so i can switch the language to english while i have the computer? Ive set every possible option to english, but when i try to switch the menus and the other remaining options to english it begins searching for an \i386\lang folder that does not exist. Any ideas?
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:mad: didnt see that one, sorry... :doh:
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Hey guys, I know this probably shouldnt be posted in the lounge, but we dont have an OS support forumn. Ive been shipped a development PC from Germany, and the version of XP installed does not have support for US english. I've been all over the MS support site, and suprise surprise, there isnt a topic or answer that helps me solve my problem... I cannot reinstall windows on this computer. It has all of the devopment tools and settings already installed and set, but everything is in German... Is there a single download for multi language support so i can switch the language to english while i have the computer? Ive set every possible option to english, but when i try to switch the menus and the other remaining options to english it begins searching for an \i386\lang folder that does not exist. Any ideas?
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It sounds like you're going to need an XP CD so you can 'persuade' it to find the \i386\lang folder. Before you get into that check the machine's BIOS. If that's in German you're wasting your time. It's remarkable how much of the standard Windows message text and the like actually comes out of the BIOS and once that's stuck in German there's really nothing you can do. Dell once shipped me a machine with US English Windows and a French BIOS, a complete write off. I hope you can get it straight in less time than it takes to learn German :)
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Hey guys, I know this probably shouldnt be posted in the lounge, but we dont have an OS support forumn. Ive been shipped a development PC from Germany, and the version of XP installed does not have support for US english. I've been all over the MS support site, and suprise surprise, there isnt a topic or answer that helps me solve my problem... I cannot reinstall windows on this computer. It has all of the devopment tools and settings already installed and set, but everything is in German... Is there a single download for multi language support so i can switch the language to english while i have the computer? Ive set every possible option to english, but when i try to switch the menus and the other remaining options to english it begins searching for an \i386\lang folder that does not exist. Any ideas?
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First, a caveat; I'm not sure what I'm about to suggest will work. If you've got an MSDN license, you can download and install the multilingual user interface pack. For English versions of XP, this will add support for several languages, and you can switch back and forth. This might work for adding English support to the German version. At one time, the MUI pack could only be installed on the English retail version of XP, so it may not work with the German localized version.
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