vista and native language

[Penguin man]

So I bought this cracking computer in germany and it has vista home premium pre-loaded.........in german. Is there a way of changing the language without formating and buying a new copy?

 

[tigerstyle]

So I bought this cracking computer in germany and it has vista home premium pre-loaded.........in german. Is there a way of changing the language without formating and buying a new copy?

see edit...not as far as I know, I know your grief though, I'm fixing xp problems all day in korean here!

/edit. scrap that! just had a browse through some options for another prob, and saw the Regional and Langauge options settings, having a brief read of that and it seems like that should help you out nicely!

 

[Penguin man]

hi, korean and i thought ii had probs,

I have been through the vista language settings and it appears to offer no solice, heard that the ultimate editions get language packs but not premium

 

[tigerstyle]

try control panel > clasic view> Regional and Language options

I've got home premium and without actually going in and changing anything (I don't need to!) it looks like the ticket for you!

 

[snowdog]

Don't know if home premium has this, but on my ultimate I can download any language pack for free from Microsoft and change it to any language available, I mean I started out with an english version but downlaoded the dutch language and switched it and its now normall dutch vista like an original nl ionstalation would be...