Changing laungages in Windows

[geokilla]

Have you tried resetting to factory default? Acer laptops (well mine) has an option to reset to factory default settings.

[Zelzubub]

So perhaps I didnt edit the reistry correctly? Its possible since this is the first time Ive tried editing one. Heres what I did:

- Went to my Start menu > Run > Regedit

- went to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > ControlSet001 > go to Control > Nls > languages

- double clicked the top and bottom entries on the list, and entered 0409 which left it saying 0409 in the "data" column.

I then downloaded the english version of service pack 3 and got the previously mentioned error message. Does it sound like I did it correctly or did I miss something?

Thanks again for your reply King.


Geokilla - I believe thats what I did when I hit alt + F10, because it wipes everything and re-applies the factory image. Where is your option to restore to factory settings? Would that be in windows, bios, or... ? Thanks for the suggestion.

[geokilla]

Try calling Acer and see what they say. If I'm correct, I believe you can download an Acer program to restore it back to factory default settings.

[kingnubian]

Originally Posted by Zelzubub

So perhaps I didnt edit the reistry correctly? Its possible since this is the first time Ive tried editing one. Heres what I did:

- Went to my Start menu > Run > Regedit

- went to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > ControlSet001 > go to Control > Nls > languages

- double clicked the top and bottom entries on the list, and entered 0409 which left it saying 0409 in the "data" column.

I then downloaded the english version of service pack 3 and got the previously mentioned error message. Does it sound like I did it correctly or did I miss something?

Thanks again for your reply King.


Geokilla - I believe thats what I did when I hit alt + F10, because it wipes everything and re-applies the factory image. Where is your option to restore to factory settings? Would that be in windows, bios, or... ? Thanks for the suggestion.

After editing the registry you would then have to uninstall French sp3. Reboot then install English SP3. If you edited the registry entries correctly XP won't complain about the language.

[Zelzubub]

Service Pack 3 doesnt showup on my add/remove programs list on the netbook. Its on my list on my PC (the comp in my sig) so I know what the icon looks like and where it should be on the list. It doesnt come up when I check the show updates box. Is there another way to uninstall it my noobness doesnt know about?

Im not an expert by any means, but since the netbook image comes with sp3 and thats all its ever known maybe I cant uninstall it? Ive had my pc since before sp2 came out so Ive downloaded and installed sp2 and sp3 and installed them myself so they show up on the list. I could be wrong, Im not sure.