Changing From French To English
Apr 17, 2008
I'm currently living in France and recently purchased an Acer computer here, with Vista Home Premium pre-installed. I'd assumed that I'd be able to select English as the display language but, apart from being able to select an English keyboard, everything is in French. If necessary, I'll live with this (it's a way of improving my French) but, if I could do it at reasonable cost, I'd like to convert it to English.
Purchsing the full English version is out of the question, as is upgrading to French Vista Ultimate and downloading an English language pack. Purchasing the English Home Premium Upgrade would have been OK, but I believe that this won't work with my current French version. An upgrade DVD was included with the computer, which appears to require payment on-line; I assume that this would be French also, so it's of no use to me......
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May 11, 2008
I Bought A New Vaio With Operating System Interface Language In French. Vista Home Premium. Because In France They Sell Only French O.s. Vista (not Office, Vista Itself) How Can I Change The Vista Interface (start Button-programs-menus) Language From French To English?
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Mar 23, 2008
though I am mostly working in English and still need my englsih spellcheck available, I would love to ADD also the French one for when I have to send French emails. In my old Outlook it was there, I could use both
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I recently switched Vista's display language to French, and now I can't get it back to English. Control Panel opens, but most of the icons (including regional settings) don't open anything when I double-click them.
I've searched the internet and nothing has helped.
HP Pavilion DV6000
CPU: Intel Core Duo T2450, 2000 MHz (15 x 133)
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