Sounds a straightforward question but here's the sting. I made a mess of a friends Laptop in Germany and the thing is password locked out. If I buy a new copy of XP perhaps OEM and a new hard drive can I work round the lockout by me installing in English and they using it in there native tongue German. The manufacturer can't help or won't help and techies there advise a new laptop. I know all the microsoft software is equiped with different languages but is it totally dedicated or is copies released in each country unique. Thanks in anticipation
Is XP Software Universal......
- Thread starter biffo
- Start date
That seems how I viewed it surprised about the German techies opinion. I am somewhat lost as my German is none existant and my friend speaks very good english hence the request. But technical language is another obstacle not every day conversation ~ cheers ~ Thats was my slip up in the first instance the person wasn't technically literate.
The password is locked out I might have inadvertantly gone the password route and not needed. The person whoes lap it is has forgotten the password so I was stuck, its a Medion. The XP O/S is stored on the hard drive and even the English Medion of my own had great difficulty with. Everything in German only utilities disc was supplied as far as I am aware. I am accustomed to a O/S disc for recovery or re-install. Medion seem to use a different technique off a partition on the hard drive. The language is the stumbling block ~ tried to use intuition but alas.....