Laptop/computer Language problem!
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Laptop/computer Language problem!
Basically i bought a laptop from a labourer on a site i work on. Trouble is its Polish(obviously) I thought i could simply install the English Windows program i got with my Laptop but it dosent seem to work as it dosent even format the Hard drive when it does this!
Help Please, just wanna set it to english so i can give it to my sis like i planned!
Thanks Shane!
Help Please, just wanna set it to english so i can give it to my sis like i planned!
Thanks Shane!
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Re: Laptop/computer Language problem!
Originally Posted by shane
Basically i bought a laptop from a labourer on a site i work on. Trouble is its Polish(obviously) I thought i could simply install the English Windows program i got with my Laptop but it dosent seem to work as it dosent even format the Hard drive when it does this!
Help Please, just wanna set it to english so i can give it to my sis like i planned!
Thanks Shane!
Help Please, just wanna set it to english so i can give it to my sis like i planned!
Thanks Shane!
I hope i haven't mis-red what you said but thats how it red to me
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If its a Windows OEM or Windows home as stated you will not be able to install it due to Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) which is an anti-piracy system enacted by Microsoft that enforces Microsoft Windows online validation of the authenticity of several recent Microsoft operating systems...... Which means soon as your sister puts the laptop online Microsoft will shut it down
Not that it can't be got around apparently
I got around the WGA on my laptop by installing Linux
Not that it can't be got around apparently
I got around the WGA on my laptop by installing Linux
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Originally Posted by UnseenMenace
If its a Windows OEM or Windows home as stated you will not be able to install it due to Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) which is an anti-piracy system enacted by Microsoft that enforces Microsoft Windows online validation of the authenticity of several recent Microsoft operating systems...... Which means soon as your sister puts the laptop online Microsoft will shut it down
Not that it can't be got around apparently
I got around the WGA on my laptop by installing Linux
Not that it can't be got around apparently
I got around the WGA on my laptop by installing Linux
I think if hes giving it to his sis he doesnt want to install a hooky copy
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It dosent seem to have English installed. Its not a dodgy laptop or anything. Its just Polish, it might of even been bought here cus i know the guy has lived in England for a while and is brand new. I just got it cheap and thought it would be a goog pressie for my sis.
I just dont know how to sort it, ive tried changing the language in the regional options!
I just dont know how to sort it, ive tried changing the language in the regional options!
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
I think if hes giving it to his sis he doesnt want to install a hooky copy
Mind you then you would just spend the rest of your life explaining how to use it to your sister
Buy some polish lessons for your sister this Christmas, that will solve the problem
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
I think if hes giving it to his sis he doesnt want to install a hooky copy
Mind you then you would just spend the rest of your life explaining how to use it to your sister
Buy some polish lessons for your sister this Christmas, that will solve the problem
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if the polish laptop is runnin XP I believe you should just click "Start", "Settings", "Control Panel" and then "Regional and Language Options" to find the language... change this to English and then it should ask for the Windows CD... you can use any Windows CD for this purpose as its simply looking for language files
if the polish laptop is runnin XP I believe you should just click "Start", "Settings", "Control Panel" and then "Regional and Language Options" to find the language... change this to English and then it should ask for the Windows CD... you can use any Windows CD for this purpose as its simply looking for language files
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If you need to re-install your copy of windows, just call them when it says, tell them that you are re-bilding the machine and windoze is not installed anywhere else and they will give you a key
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you have to reinstall
sure the key aint standing there?
see under the laptop
also as if it follows a restore cd with a bundle that install xp, it should have a english alternative
what make and model is it?
sure the key aint standing there?
see under the laptop
also as if it follows a restore cd with a bundle that install xp, it should have a english alternative
what make and model is it?
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