Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

General discussion

Replacing Japanese Windows Vista with English Vista

May 16, 2007 11:22PM PDT

I`ve got a HP Pavilion tx1000/CT tablet notebook that came standard with Japanese Vista Home Premium. I find it very difficult to use the Japanese OS, and want to replace it with it`s English counterpart. The computer has tablet drivers, etc. so I`m concerned about replacing those, as well as whether or not there will be keyboard issues. I`d rather not do an MUI or an LIP. I only do about 20% of my computing in Japanese, so ATOK is plenty for in an English OS.

Does anyone have any suggestions about the best way to go about this? The computer is quite new and I`m trying not to install any other software on it at the moment in case I reinstall Vista.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Discussion is locked

- Collapse -
Just Some Thoughts...
May 17, 2007 1:17AM PDT

1. If you want to get this cheaply, I'm guessing you'll need to contact HP. I don't think you'll get it done for free, but a telephone call might work, if you're lucky.

2. HP has an inexpensive, online method for purchasing Recovery Discs at the link below.. Maybe you can purchase a cheap set of English Vista discs to use for the installation. Such discs should have all the correct drivers for all your hardware and should install everything correctly, IF HP will allow you to do it. (There's also a contact number if the online option doesn't work.)

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3185028&lang=en&docname=c00810334

3. Unfortunately, HP may not allow this option and you may need to order a new set of Recovery Discs with English Vista on them. This type of purchase would be more expensive. It's also possible HP won't allow this type of purchase at all. You'll have to test the waters.

Hope this helps.

Grif

- Collapse -
thanks
May 18, 2007 6:39PM PDT

thats the route i was originally mapping out, but wanted to see if there were any other ways to go for that one. apparently, it should be possible, but we`ll see. thanks for your advice!

- Collapse -
Can the Hp pavillion tx1000 accept windows xp as OS?
Jun 17, 2007 1:29AM PDT

Im staying in japan and I plan to buy a HP tx1000/ct tablet.however the laptop windows vista version only comes in japanese. I have an english XP CD and im wondering if all the drivers, functions, the touchscreen,fingerprint scanner will work with xp?
Thanks

- Collapse -
Sadly no.
Jun 17, 2007 1:50AM PDT
- Collapse -
Please help me find my sata drivers.
Sep 3, 2007 12:28PM PDT

OK first I don't speak English very good so I hope you will understand my problem and someone can help me.
I received a laptop as a gift from a friend from states but I don't have the original CDs. My laptop model is HP pavilion TX1000 with the new AMD Turion(TM) 64 X2 Dual-Core. It is designed for windows vista, so i bought the new vista ultimate and when i tried to start a new fresh instal i `m not able to see my hard drive.I`m trying to load almost all drivers i found on the web and still nothing.
Also i don't have more then 10 options in BIOS so i `m not able to switch off native sata.
Can someone please tell me from where to download the correct drivers?

- Collapse -
You may want to try it with Vista.
Sep 3, 2007 12:33PM PDT

And not with a retail copy either. Here HP will ship me the restore CDs for 15 or so bucks. A copy of Vista is 199.

I'd go back to HP and get those restore CDs.

Bob

- Collapse -
it is a smal shop
Sep 3, 2007 12:38PM PDT

i bought original vista and i tought that will be enough.they dont have the restore cd.this kind of laptop is not even beeing sold in my country.i will appreciate if you can instruct me from where to download the correct sata drivers

- Collapse -
If they are available...
Sep 3, 2007 12:47PM PDT

It's at hp.com

- Collapse -
please tell me where.
Sep 3, 2007 12:53PM PDT

or explain where.because i am online for 12 hours and didn`t found them.

- Collapse -
Then they aren't there.
Sep 3, 2007 12:56PM PDT

Sorry but I have to take your word on this. I do know that the restore CDs are cheap but I do run into people that can't part with the money for various reasons. HP has been grand about support in other countries for us. I have this story about our people in Turkey...

Bob

- Collapse -
same problem
Sep 3, 2007 8:58PM PDT

Me too I'm looking for a english language pack for vista. My laptop has a Japanese vista home premium in it. If I install vista ultimate will it download the correct drivers for my laptop?

- Collapse -
Ok I got a Windows vista languge pack for English.
Sep 3, 2007 10:39PM PDT

So after searching, I finally came up with a English language pack for Vista. But I don't know if they will work for premium or basic because it says " for vista ultimate and enterprise". Anybody willing to test this? Preferably with a Japanese version of vista premium. I will give the link.

- Collapse -
Are you talking about MUIs?
Sep 4, 2007 2:32AM PDT

If so, they are only licensed to Enterprise and Ultimate users, so as a Home Premium user you don't have such an option. I'll take a look at the link, but chances are you're left with purchasing an English language edition.

John

- Collapse -
Yes, tx1000 accept XP
Dec 24, 2007 8:45AM PST
- Collapse -
result?
May 16, 2008 3:03AM PDT

hello daito22,

i have the same problem with you, my laptop is in japanese. have you contacted HP support? did they provided you recovery disk with english language? how much did it cost you?
tnx in advance.

- Collapse -
Here's the link
Sep 4, 2007 9:13PM PDT
- Collapse -
(NT) NOTE: License permits Enterprise and Ultimate users only.
Sep 5, 2007 12:15AM PDT
- Collapse -
LIP are free from microsoft
Jun 9, 2008 12:45AM PDT
- Collapse -
Vista Japanese version
Dec 10, 2009 3:19PM PST

I am going the other way. I am in the US, My Wife is Japanese. She wants a laptop with a Japanese OS. What I am going to do, is buy a Laptop here, and partition the hard drive, and purchase a copy of windows Vista or 7.0 Japanese version. Basically what I will have is a dual operating system. That will give you the flexibility both ways. Note, if you go to HP to get recovery disc, you only will be able to get the Japanese version with it. Since yours is a Japanese model. Hope that this gives you another option.

- Collapse -
Replacing Japanese Windows Vista with English Vista
Jan 12, 2010 11:11PM PST

dear Daito22,

introduce my name is Yurinto. i have a HP Touchsmart tx2 with AMD athlon x2 64 pc. my pc is in japanese language version, because i had bought in akihabara,japan. now, my all language pc is in english and still originall vista.

after i downloaded a software from (http://www.froggie.sk/). it was Vistalizator. i downloaded a MUI for english with my vista version too.

after that, i installed Vistalizator in my pc, and select English LIP for the answer.after that you can do itby your self.

good luck..