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Last response: February 18, 2013 11:15 PM in Windows 7

efx2001

February 8, 2013 10:50:47 PM

I have a laptop that I am working on that is running windows 7 home premium and the language is set to Spanish. How do set the display language to english. Please help if you can. Thanks

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noidea_77

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February 8, 2013 11:02:55 PM

Control panel / region&language

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efx2001

February 8, 2013 11:06:49 PM

I went to region/language, administrative and then change system locale. There is no English selection in the drop down menu. This is strange.

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noidea_77

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February 8, 2013 11:09:50 PM

So, english is not installed. There is a help topic on the very same page for it.

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MauveCloud

February 8, 2013 11:11:38 PM

Win7 Home Premium can't change the UI language. You need Enterprise or Ultimate to do that, or a fresh install of Windows (though I can't remember whether you can just select the language during install; if you can't, you'd need a separate install disc for English)

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efx2001

February 8, 2013 11:18:16 PM

Oh ok that makes sense. I found a program called Vistalizator that will install language pack I need. Thanks for the reply.

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SR-71 Blackbird

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February 8, 2013 11:36:51 PM

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/window...

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MauveCloud

February 8, 2013 11:38:18 PM

I hadn't known about that program, but I'm a little worried about it circumventing the normal requirement of having the Enterpise or Ultimate edition to do that. That might lead to technical or legal problems down the line.

Edit: Ronnie Vernon's answer on the page that SR-71 Blackbird linked confirms that using that program will invalidate your Windows license and activation.