Change language on Windows

droppingmyhs
 May 31, 2008, 07:39 AM posted in General Discussion

Is there any way to change the general language of my OS (Vista)? Right now, I'm stuck with a German interface but I have to admit that I understand very little. (What can you expect after one year of sec school German?) I'd really prefer English (or, for practice purposes, Chinese, that's why I post this question here). Unfortunately, the language option section doesn't seem to allow for a change. Can anyone help me out?

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changye
 May 31, 2008, 08:37 AM

I'm not a computer geek, but as far as I know, I'm afraid that there is no "dream OS" that can change its base language at present. I believe that even "Windows 7" won't have such a nice function.

I understand how you feel. My PC has two Windows, Japanese and Chinese ones (dual boot), but it's really cumbersom. I don't think it's so difficult to make such a dream OS, that is, Windows International.

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bazza
 May 31, 2008, 09:41 AM

This may help you, I think it's easier in Vista than in XP.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/35a1b021-d96c-49a5-8d8f-5e9d64ab5ecc1033.mspx

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johnb
 May 31, 2008, 09:47 AM

Changye, OSX ships with something like 20 languages that it can be switched back and forth at will (and different users can use different languages). Unfortunately Microsoft hasn't caught on... 

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droppingmyhs
 May 31, 2008, 10:35 AM

Thanks Bazza, though it seems they've got neither Chinese nor English on offer. :-(

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changye
 May 31, 2008, 10:40 AM

Guys,

Wow, the computer world seems to be much more advanced than I imagined, and that made me realize again that Windows has always been falling behind Mac! Thank you.