How To Change Windows Xp Language ?

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How To Change Windows Xp Language ?

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1.Go to start
2. Press run
3. Type Regedit
4. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ go to "SYSTEM" \ go to "ControlSet001" \ go to "Control"\ go to "Nls" go to " languages"
5. Change the Default” and “InstallLanguage” (first and last in the list) to 0409 [for you.S english, for other codes look down in the thread], just press the
6. Download and install Sp3 for xp in English
7. Restart computer.
8. Be happy for it works.
Massive thanks to the orginal poster, works just fine, though some desktop names and folders remain in orginal languadge. -reply by luka

I got this error "Service Pack 3 Setup Error"

Setup cannot update your Windows XP

files because the language installed on your system is different from the update language

and found the Souloution on this site :

Mydigitallife.Info/2007/12/14/trick-to-install-windows-xp-sp3-rc-in-non-english-language-editions

I did this but got this error ::::

Service Pack 3 Setup Error

Setup cannot update your Windows XP

files because the language installed on your system is different from the update language.

and I got this extra bit of information about the control pannel from this site

Mydigitallife.Info/2007/12/14/trick-to-install-windows-xp-sp3-rc-in-non-english-language-editions/

To change the system installed locale language, run Registry Editor, and then navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Language registry key, and then change the value date for “Default” and “InstallLanguage” registry value to “0409“, which represent US English.

Then, open Control Panel, and open Regional and Language Options. In Regional Options and Advanced tabs, set the language to English (US) as default format and language for non-Unicode programs. Click on “OK” when done, and then reboot the system.

Try to install the downloaded XP SP1 setup package. It should be Able to install without any error now. If you still get the Incompatible language prompt, try to restart computer into Safe Mode and try to install SP3 in Safe Mode.

havnt tried it yet but it makes sense coz I screwed around to much With the regional settings b4 I found out about changing the regedit And had the problem error when installing the xp sp3

I should be able to fix the reginal settings now and it should work

There might be an update you can install to change the language. I know you can change the language your keyboard outputs and all that in 'Regional and Language Settings' in your Control Panel.

Dear u need a windows XP language choose software for this to chnge the language, or you can reinsatall your windows xp. your problem sure solve.

Cannot update XP files with a patch. Lg. system differs from lg. update.
How To Change Windows Xp Language ?

Hi everyone.I cannot update my McMillan dictionary files on my XP, because the language system is different from the language update. I am not a Pc expert, so I do not know how to deal with this problem. I do beg you to help me. I will be unimaginably grateful for anyone for any hints or tips.Lots of thanks in advance, Mark. -question by Mark

Summary:

This article describes how to change the language in Windows XP. Setting the language does not change the language of Windows menus and Dialogs, but it does allow you to display text in other languages and To enter text in other languages. Some languages (typically Asian Languages) will not appear correctly in the eWebEditPro menus and dialogs Unless the default language matches the language of the eWebEditPro Locale XML data. Multiple languages will appear in the editor's content Window regardless of the language chosen for the menus and dialogs.

Changing the language does not change the language of the Menus and dialogs of Windows or Windows applications like Internet Explorer. For more information on changing the language of Windows Itself and IE, see the references below.

Language settings in Windows 95/98/Me are significantly different And beyond the scope of this article. Windows NT does not support fully Changing the language from English to Asian. The native version of Windows NT is required to use Japanese, Chinese, or Korean.

-reply by Rayar

Its not good
How To Change Windows Xp Language ?

Yes it can be set language in the regional and language option but after this try to have a password for your account then log-off when you log-in the language are not set for the language you choice to the language option, it is happen me yesterday now I can't used my computer its better to reinstall new OS with english language!

-reply by jake76

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change xp language reinstalling SP3 with the target language
How To Change Windows Xp Language ?

  How To Change Windows Xp Language ?

To changeThe whole system language you should Install newer service pack with differentLanguage. Or Uninstall the Last installed Service Pack and after change the registrysettings below Install it again.

Make always a backup of your Registry at first !

For xample

If you have XP SP2 in ENG and want to have it in Italian, you will have toDownload SP3 in Italian (http://www.Microsoft.Com/downloads/details.Aspx?FamilyId=5B33B5A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displaylang=en change language to desired one then download), change some registry Keys (go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Language Registry Key, and then change the value date for “Default” and“InstallLanguage” Registry value from 0409 to 0410) reboot and you'll be able toInstall SP3 in Italian. 

If noProblems occur, you will have the whole system language changed. 

Here is the List of numbers that represents each language in registry: 

• 0436 = "af;Afrikaans"
• 041C = "sq;Albanian"
• 0001 = "ar;Arabic"
• 0401 = "ar-sa;Arabic (Saudi Arabia)"
• 0801 = "ar-iq;Arabic (Iraq)"
• 0C01 = "ar-eg;Arabic (Egypt)"
• 1001 = "ar-ly;Arabic (Libya)"
• 1401 = "ar-dz;Arabic (Algeria)"
• 1801 = "ar-ma;Arabic (Morocco)"
• 1C01 = "ar-tn;Arabic (Tunisia)"
• 2001 = "ar-om;Arabic (Oman)"
• 2401 = "ar-ye;Arabic (Yemen)"
• 2801 = "ar-sy;Arabic (Syria)"
• 2C01 = "ar-jo;Arabic (Jordan)"
• 3001 = "ar-lb;Arabic (Lebanon)"
• 3401 = "ar-kw;Arabic (Kuwait)"
• 3801 = "ar-ae;Arabic (you.A.E.)"
• 3C01 = "ar-bh;Arabic (Bahrain)"
• 4001 = "ar-qa;Arabic (Qatar)"
• 042D = "eu;Basque"
• 0402 = "bg;Bulgarian"
• 0423 = "be;Belarusian"
• 0403 = "ca;Catalan"
• 0004 = "zh;Chinese"
• 0404 = "zh-tw;Chinese (Taiwan)"
• 0804 = "zh-cn;Chinese (China)"
• 0C04 = "zh-hk;Chinese (Hong Kong SAR)"
• 1004 = "zh-sg;Chinese (Singapore)"
• 041A = "hr;Croatian"
• 0405 = "cs;Czech"
• 0406 = "the;Danish"
• 0413 = "nl;Dutch (Netherlands)"
• 0813 = "nl-be;Dutch (Belgium)"
• 0009 = "en;English"
• 0409 = "en-us;English (United States)"
• 0809 = "en-gb;English (United Kingdom)"
• 0C09 = "en-au;English (Australia)"
• 1009 = "en-ca;English (Canada)"
• 1409 = "en-nz;English (New Zealand)"
• 1809 = "en-ie;English (Ireland)"
• 1C09 = "en-za;English (South Africa)"
• 2009 = "en-jm;English (Jamaica)"
• 2809 = "en-bz;English (Belize)"
• 2C09 = "en-tt;English (Trinidad)"
• 0425 = "et;Estonian"
• 0438 = "fo;Faeroese"
• 0429 = "fa;Farsi"
• 040B = "fi;Finnish"
• 040C = "fr;French (France)"
• 080C = "fr-be;French (Belgium)"
• 0C0C = "fr-ca;French (Canada)"
• 100C = "fr-ch;French (Switzerland)"
• 140C = "fr-lu;French (Luxembourg)"
• 043C = "gd;Gaelic"
• 0407 = "de;German (Germany)"
• 0807 = "de-ch;German (Switzerland)"
• 0C07 = "de-at;German (Austria)"
• 1007 = "de-lu;German (Luxembourg)"
• 1407 = "de-li;German (Liechtenstein)"
• 0408 = "el;Greek"
• 040D = "he;Hebrew"
• 0439 = "hi;Hindi"
• 040E = "hu;Hungarian"
• 040F = "is;Icelandic"
• 0421 = "in;Indonesian"
• 0410 = "it;Italian (Italy)"
• 0810 = "it-ch;Italian (Switzerland)"
• 0411 = "ja;Japanese"
• 0412 = "ko;Korean"
• 0426 = "lv;Latvian"
• 0427 = "lt;Lithuanian"
• 042F = "mk;FYRO Macedonian"
• 043E = "ms;Malay (Malaysia)"
• 043A = "mt;Maltese" 0414 = "no;Norwegian (Bokmal)"
• 0814 = "no;Norwegian (Nynorsk)"
• 0415 = "pl;Polish"
• 0416 = "pt-br;Portuguese (Brazil)"
• 0816 = "pt;Portuguese (Portugal)"
• 0417 = "rm;Rhaeto-Romanic"
• 0418 = "ro;Romanian"
• 0818 = "ro-mo;Romanian (Moldova)"
• 0419 = "ru;Russian"
• 0819 = "ru-mo;Russian (Moldova)"
• 0C1A = "sr;Serbian (Cyrillic)"
• 081A = "sr;Serbian (Latin)"
• 041B = "sk;Slovak"
• 0424 = "sl;Slovenian"
• 042E = "sb;Sorbian"
• 040A = "es;Spanish (Traditional Sort)"
• 080A = "es-mx;Spanish (Mexico)"
• 0C0A = "es;Spanish (International Sort)"
• 100A = "es-gt;Spanish (Guatemala)"
• 140A = "es-cr;Spanish (Costa Rica)"
• 180A = "es-pa;Spanish (Panama)"
• 1C0A = "es-do;Spanish (Dominican Republic)"
• 200A = "es-ve;Spanish (Venezuela)"
• 240A = "es-co;Spanish (Colombia)"
• 280A = "es-pe;Spanish (Peru)"
• 2C0A = "es-ar;Spanish (Argentina)"
• 300A = "es-ec;Spanish (Ecuador)"
• 340A = "es-cl;Spanish (Chile)"
• 380A = "es-uy;Spanish (Uruguay)"
• 3C0A = "es-py;Spanish (Paraguay)"
• 400A = "es-bo;Spanish (Bolivia)"
• 440A = "es-sv;Spanish (El Salvador)"
• 480A = "es-hn;Spanish (Honduras)"
• 4C0A = "es-ni;Spanish (Nicaragua)"
• 500A = "es-pr;Spanish (Puerto Rico)"
• 0430 = "sx;Sutu"
• 041D = "sv;Swedish"
• 081D = "sv-fi;Swedish (Finland)"
• 041E = "th;Thai"
• 0431 = "ts;Tsonga"
• 0432 = "tn;Tswana"
• 041F = "tr;Turkish"
• 0422 = "uk;Ukrainian"
• 0420 = "your;Urdu"
• 042A = "vi;Vietnamese"
• 0434 = "xh;Xhosa"
• 043D = "ji;Yiddish"
• 0435 = "zu;Zulu"

source: http://www.Trap17.Com/forums/Change-Windows-Xp-Language-t42333.Html&st=20

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