Exactly. When you buy a hardware somewhere, Windows Installer should be 
changeable. If not multilingual from your OS disk, you should at least be 
able to download  a suitable Installer from Microsoft. (Or rather ought to 
be called Megahard..).
Inge


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From: "Matthias Mansfeld" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: [TN] computer questioin


> On 6 Apr 2009 at 22:26, Inge wrote:
>
>> If you have installed XP in e.g. German language, you might not be
>> able to install a english program and vice versa. Is there a way to
>> change OS language without having to buy new disk with the other
>> language? Inge
>
> Normally you should be able to install and run any english program on
> an non-english (e.g. german) OS. My layout software, my CAM software
> etc. in english run on a german W2k without any problems. The only
> strange thing is, you will get program dialogues with mixed language.
> In german, if it is a ressource from the OS, english, if it belongs
> to the software.
>
> Best regards
> Matthias
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