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Change Default Language

by almostheaven83 Jul 31, 2007 9:06AM PDT

I have a sony vaio and i want to change it to be completely in french. start menu and everything. I have windows xp home edition now and tried downloading a torrent for the French windows Xp but when i try to load the disc it says that this form of windows can not be loaded. is it cause i downloaded it and didnt buy it or is it cause the computer is blocking any other language. Can someone please help me or guide me on what to do.

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Canada?

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jul 31, 2007 9:09AM PDT

So far I've had good luck in asking for the French restore CDs if the laptop was bought in Canada. The rest of us get to pay for a new CD set.

About that torrent. We won't speak about it in these forums.

Bob

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europe

by almostheaven83 Jul 31, 2007 9:16AM PDT

actually it was bought in the states but now i am living in europe.....

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Europe

by Amos16 Jul 31, 2007 5:17PM PDT

Hello - I do not know how the MS support works in France. In England, where I lived until some time ago, I could always get around the primary refusal to amend this or the other, PROVIDING there was proof of a legitimate purchase of XP. Just downloading a different version is no good. You have to do a fresh install from a CD in the language of your choice. And of course backup all the documents and data that you need, because depending on the CD you get you may have to format. Good luck - Amos.

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