Trouble with changing Windows 7 display language

  • Thread starter Thread starter CarBastard
  • 5 comments
  • 1,122 views
CarBastard

CarBastard

Messages
4,741
Colombia
Bogota,Colombia
Messages
GTP_ARP93
Hi everyone,

I just bought a new laptop and encountered a problem with changing the display language. The thing is that my girlfriend was the one who used it when new and she set the display language as english. Today I tried changing it (I can't bare that spanish/english mixup between Windows and every other program) but to no avail. I used Windows help and they tell me to go to Control Panel and look it up under "Clock, language and region" but I only find "change input language" in there. I also tried trough Windows update but there's no such thing as extra language packs there to download. I'm really puzzled. I saw a video in Windows help site where they did the change but I noticed they have an extra option I don't have called "change display language".

I checked the Windows folder in the hard drive and I saw that there's a folder called es-ES which contained some .dll.mui files which I believe mean the language pack is indeed installed, I just don't know how the hell to activaite it or whatever.

I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium with SP1 installed.

Can someone PLEASE help me???
 
I just searched in the Start menu bar "Language" and a "Region and Language" application was the first result. The first dropbox looks like it should do what you want.

Edit: I just changed that and didn't notice anything changing, actually. Try it anyway.
 
I thought that you couldn't change the language of Windows unless you have Ultimate.
 
DQuaN
I thought that you couldn't change the language of Windows unless you have Ultimate.
Click to expand...

That must be it then. Pardon my ignorance :lol:.

Question solved I guess, though I keep thinking that it's tremendously stupid charging me extra money just for using my laptop in what's the world third or so most used language.

Thanks Microsoft... 👎.
 
Control Panel --> Region and Language. I think that will sort the problem.
 
When you start the system the first time (or first install Windows) it asks for your language preference. It can't be changed after that.
 
Back