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!

 

No one? I thought there were loads of IT guys on here!

 

http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/r.../changeUI.mspx

http://www.endnote.com/support/helpd...ndows%20XP.pdf

 

if you mean install windows from the cd that you used on your latop then you cant, you need another xp/vista disc or another cd key

I hope i haven't mis-red what you said but thats how it red to me

 

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

 

Apparently?

I think if hes giving it to his sis he doesnt want to install a hooky copy

 

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!

 

So So True.. but theres no license key issues, WGA on Linux

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

 

where do you live shane, what area?

If your local to me ill sort it for pizza and beer while I work

 

Im in Lincoln Area!

 

I think it would be easier for her to learn Polish than for me to fix this damn laptop!

 

im in West London and I don't like Pizza enough to travel to Lincoln.



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 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

 

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?