Hello nairalanders

10x for the help n info i hav received from this forum. My uncle brought a lappie from germany n wants to use in nigeria but we encounter the problem of changing the German language (i.e the words in the windows dialog box are in German n most windows instructions pop up in german).

Do i change it from the bios or what do i do.

Or should i reinstall windows xp.

waiting for ur reply.

Bada

its best you get a windows xp cd and reinstall.
you'll have to set keyboard settings to US english (or you'll find odd characters when youn type)
(i had the same issue, my laptop is from spain.)

whetter you buy genuine or pirated windows xp is your choice. . . .

10x for the info.

would give it a try.

l8r

- Take another system with the same Operating system in english (XP or Vista) and navigate to Start > Control Panel > Regional and Language Settings and note the language and Locale options

- Do exactly the same thing on the German speaking OS following the Icon Picture (which will be the same) and ignore the language you can then change the locale and language setting to English from the options given you

To change the language from the language selection wont change the german to english.U will need to re-install that ur OS with an english version OS or if u can get a language pack which i doubt

@tunde300us.pls i have the same problem with my sony vgn-p61s. it was in japanesse language.i tried to format using window 7 but didn't work.i wish changing the language to english, after the failed format,if i on the notebook,it will be saying ''OPERATING SYSTEM NOT FOUND''somebody adviced me to get a recovery disk at least to get it back to the previous condition (condition before the failed formatting).somebody said the language cannot be changed.pls i need more information on what to do, pls

@opes,are u sure u did the installation well cos that is the problem i see here.Have u tried installing windows 7 b4 ? incase u have then i think u shld try nd do the installation again.
And i also think there are some things on the bios that u need to change before u can do some installations,but i cannot be sure here cos the laptop isnt with me.

@tunde300us,thanks for being considerate,the Vaios is working well now,it came originally with 32GIG but i was told the hard drive has problem,i changed to 80Gig and had no problem with the formatting,i installed window XP and am already enjoying my notebook, thanks

Good for u ope !

babzyshe:

- Take another system with the same Operating system in english (XP or Vista) and navigate to Start > Control Panel > Regional and Language Settings and note the language and Locale options

- Do exactly the same thing on the German speaking OS following the Icon Picture (which will be the same) and ignore the language you can then change the locale and language setting to English from the options given you

since english is a default installation language, that should solve the problem.

@all,one of the best topics i have ever read in nairaland.My landlord's last born has a dutch laptop mayb i am gonna do the same thing to help him.

babzyshe:

- Take another system with the same Operating system in english (XP or Vista) and navigate to Start > Control Panel > Regional and Language Settings and note the language and Locale options

- Do exactly the same thing on the German speaking OS following the Icon Picture (which will be the same) and ignore the language you can then change the locale and language setting to English from the options given you

In a case where the System BIOS Language is German, what you guys think should be done,

And you guys did not even ask the dude whether the System BIOS were in German sef.