change from french to english "Mike" <techsell2005[ at ]sympatico.ca> 6/17/2007 6:10:53 PM I have purchased a Laptop with vista installed in French, is there any way to change vista to display in English ?

Re: change from french to english "Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> 6/17/2007 6:44:44 PM Hi Mike-- You will really need to buy an English version of Vista, format, and install it. Any other resolution is partial. There are two types of language files--and both are partial but either may be what you're looking for. MUI available only in Vista Ultimate and Enterprise are the most extensive--but LIP are available for any edition of Vista. I'm not sure which Vista you have--but you may want to look into these: How do I get additional language files? http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/35a1b021-d96c-49a5-8d8f-5e9d64ab5ecc1033.mspx If you have Enterprise or Ultimate you can look into MUI. But even if you don't, you can download the LIP files, and see if they will do the job for you. LOL I don't know how fluent you might be in Japanese either. LIP files can be downloaded from here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=66923 http://www.microsoft.com/industry/government/locallanguage/default.aspx ""Because not all of the user interface is translated, LIPs require at least one parent language. The parts of the user interface that are not translated into the LIP language are displayed in the parent language. When you download a LIP, you are given the parent language requirements for that language. The parent language pack needs to be installed before the LIP can be installed." If you do try either of them, let us know how they work for you. Good luck, CH "Mike" <techsell2005[ at ]sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:%23CRJbrQsHHA.508[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] >I have purchased a Laptop with vista installed in French, is there any way >to change vista to display in English ?

Re: change from french to english "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper[ at ]email.com> 6/17/2007 9:03:54 PM Unless it's the Vista Ultimate Edition, no. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper[ at ]gmail.com * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Mike" <techsell2005[ at ]sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:%23CRJbrQsHHA.508[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] >I have purchased a Laptop with vista installed in French, is there any way >to change vista to display in English ?

Re: change from french to english "Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> 6/17/2007 10:09:07 PM Actually Richard there is no complete way for him to change to English; there are partial ways and what you referred to I covered that is also Available on enterprise as well as Ultimate. This is by no means like waving a wand and changing everything from French to English. There are two types of language files--and both are partial but either may be what you're looking for. MUI available only in Vista Ultimate and Enterprise are the most extensive--but LIP are available for any edition of Vista. I'm not sure which Vista you have--but you may want to look into these: How do I get additional language files? http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/35a1b021-d96c-49a5-8d8f-5e9d64ab5ecc1033.mspx If you have Enterprise or Ultimate you can look into MUI. But even if you don't, you can download the LIP files, and see if they will do the job for you. LOL I don't know how fluent you might be in Japanese either. LIP files can be downloaded from here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=66923 http://www.microsoft.com/industry/government/locallanguage/default.aspx ""Because not all of the user interface is translated, LIPs require at least one parent language. The parts of the user interface that are not translated into the LIP language are displayed in the parent language. When you download a LIP, you are given the parent language requirements for that language. The parent language pack needs to be installed before the LIP can be installed." CH "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper[ at ]email.com> wrote in message news:OkvcKMSsHHA.536[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Unless it's the Vista Ultimate Edition, no. > > -- > Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper[ at ]gmail.com > * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ > * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups > * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ > * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > > > "Mike" <techsell2005[ at ]sympatico.ca> wrote in message > news:%23CRJbrQsHHA.508[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>I have purchased a Laptop with vista installed in French, is there any way >>to change vista to display in English ? > >