I'm surprised that English isn't there by default, i.e. without having to install specific English versions of DLLs from the Windows CD. You could try 'forcing' the issue by setting the UI language in the registry, it's a fairly quick change and shouldn't have nay adverse effects: Add a string value for the language you want to use to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\MUILanguages with the name being the hex language id for English US (0409) and set the value to 1. That makes English US available and determines what is displayed in the 'Language used in menus and dialogs' drop down on the 'Languages' page in regional settings in the control panel. From your posting I gather that it's when you change this that it starts asking for the cd. In that case, you can force the change by changing the following registry value: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop MultiUILanguageId to 00000409 The effect of this should be instant, in that, if you open a windows dialog, you should see OK and Cancel buttons in English now. Do a restart and hopefully most strings will be in English. Hth, JK