Italianong Windows XP

[20vanda01]

Guys need help here. A friend of mine came from Italy and gave me a Travelmate4230 Acer laptop... aba laking pasalamat ko kasi libre... but when I booted it up, unfortunately the language of the Win XP OS installed is in Italiano... tried to play around the regional/language settings in the control panel, but to no avail. Now am currently downloading windows update english pack from the microsoft webpage, and am not sure if that is gonna work.

Unfortunately my friend lost the WinXP installer or the recovery disk so I can not go back and change the language from there. The OS installed is genuine. Any idea how can I change the WinXP OS Italiano language into English language?

Worst case baka mag aral na lang akong mag Italiano, hehehe

[need4speed]

either you can request for an english XP from Acer... or just reinstall an english copy of XP and erase it.

[wildthing]

reinstall (you can use any pirated installer) and use the CDkey number sa sticker under the laptop.

[mr_incredible]

tignan mo kung gagana ito

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oops. di ko napansin na ginalaw mo na yung mga language settings. pero check mo na rin yung link. baka may paraan dun like a link for installing an english language pack (just like in installing other languages), just in case hindi talaga naka-install english sa system na yan.

[akal]

Guys need help here. A friend of mine came from Italy and gave me a Travelmate4230 Acer laptop... aba laking pasalamat ko kasi libre... but when I booted it up, unfortunately the language of the Win XP OS installed is in Italiano... tried to play around the regional/language settings in the control panel, but to no avail. Now am currently downloading windows update english pack from the microsoft webpage, and am not sure if that is gonna work.

Unfortunately my friend lost the WinXP installer or the recovery disk so I can not go back and change the language from there. The OS installed is genuine. Any idea how can I change the WinXP OS Italiano language into English language?

Worst case baka mag aral na lang akong mag Italiano, hehehe

buongiorno, I have the same problem before with the license french Xp. I installed a pirated Xp but using the license french Xp serial # and it works. So basically legal pa rin (yata?) yung Xp OS ko. BTW, lucky you got a nice free lappy.

Ciao!

[karlbo]

reinstall (you can use any pirated installer) and use the CDkey number sa sticker under the laptop.

+1 on this... madali na yan.. OSRI lang katapat niyan.. meron ka naman product key eh.. swerte naman..

[shotokan]

if u can retrieve the serial key of your win xp (licensed) pwede mo gamitin yun sa pirated win xp cd's...

[safeorigin]

oo nga naman. valid naman yung cd key under your laptop.

[mr_incredible]

I would advise you against re-installing XP UNLESS it's a last resort. You can check out the link I provided in my earlier post to see if it might help.

Sa legality issue, it is legal to reinstall using a backup CD (read:pirated) since the CD key you're going to use is for that laptop anyway.

However, remember that wala na yung recovery disk, as you said in your post, meaning wala yung mga drivers needed for that particular laptop.

But if you do, before you reinstall, make sure that you already have ALL the drivers that you need for your laptop. You can do this by going to the manufacturer's site, in this case, ACER, and download all the necessary drivers for your laptop.

Of course meron din namang mga built in drivers ang windows XP. However, not all devices in all laptops/PCs work well with these drivers and some don't work at all. Most notorious for this are sound devices, bluetooth, wifi and USB.

So it's your choice. You can reinstall now and just hope for the best that all drivers will work. Or you can be prepared.

It doesn't hurt to be prepared.

[20vanda01]

Thanks for replying guys. I will try to re-install tonight. I have a WinXP pirated copy but its SP1, the current XP installed in the laptop given to me is SP2... if the installation is successful using the pirated copy, by then I will be able to find out if If can upgrade from SP1to SP2 via windows update.

By the way the English Pack I downloaded from the microsoft update webpage didn't work, so re-install ko na lang talaga... will keep you updated.

OT: In the meantime, I downloaded the UBUNTU OS (Linux based), and installed in the laptop. So right now everytime I boot I can choose between WinXP (Italian) or the UBUNTU OS... pretty cool... Ubuntu is more responsive.

[mr_incredible]

Thanks for replying guys. I will try to re-install tonight. I have a WinXP pirated copy but its SP1, the current XP installed in the laptop given to me is SP2... if the installation is successful using the pirated copy, by then I will be able to find out if If can upgrade from SP1to SP2 via windows update.

By the way the English Pack I downloaded from the microsoft update webpage didn't work, so re-install ko na lang talaga... will keep you updated.

OT: In the meantime, I downloaded the UBUNTU OS (Linux based), and installed in the laptop. So right now everytime I boot I can choose between WinXP (Italian) or the UBUNTU OS... pretty cool... Ubuntu is more responsive.

Cool! Ubuntu is amazing. By the way, did you create a new partition specifically for the linux distro? If you are going to reinstall, I suggest you format the entire HDD and create 2 partitions, one for XP and the other for Ubuntu, so you don't run into any problems in the future.

[20vanda01]

mr incredible, yes got two partitions... 1 for the existing Italian XP and 1 for the UBUNTU... fortunately when I got the laptop the 80GB HDD is already partitioned into two. Problem ko with the UBUNTU right now is that I can not find the correct WiFi driver for the the PC.

Okay back to topic... so I got this pirated copy of Win XP PRO, loaded in the disc tray, and then it automatically started the XP PRO installer, but when I selected WinXP installation, there is this Italian message popped up somehow saying that the disc am trying to use for the XP installation is not the disc used to install the existing XP. Pati yon na detect niya. By the way I have to copy the popup message and translate it somewhere in the web.

Anyway, I've searched the web, and everybody is claiming that is not possible to convert a localized Win XP to english, aside from starting from a clean install. It is only possible to convert an existing english XP to localized XP (LIP or MUI).
If I have to do a clean install, sayang lang 'yong mga existing applications that acer already installed in this laptop.

[wrcastro_ph]

most of the pirated winxp are corporate edition media. Your serial key is an OEM, better get OEM media for your installation and try to use your OEM license key written in the bottom of your laptop.

[mr_incredible]

This may be a long shot but why don't you try calling or bringing the laptop to the acer service center and ask if anything can be done about your dilemma.

here's the contact info:

Acer Service Center
1651 Paz Guazon St.,
Paco, Manila

Tel No. (632) 564-1841
Fax No. (632) 563-9317

email: service*acer.com.ph

[20vanda01]

This may be a long shot but why don't you try calling or bringing the laptop to the acer service center and ask if anything can be done about your dilemma.

here's the contact info:

Acer Service Center
1651 Paz Guazon St.,
Paco, Manila

Tel No. (632) 564-1841
Fax No. (632) 563-9317

email: service*acer.com.ph

Already did sir, and since the lappy don't have international warranty they are going to charge me for the WinXP OS, plus the other Acer SW Apps, plus the service charge, estimate given is around 10k pesos.

So right now, did an install WinXP (pirated) from a clean start, downloaded all the drivers from Acer support site... now the lappy is back to to life with english Win XP, pirated nga lang... hehehe I've connected to the network overnite, but so far microsoft has not detected it... okay pa..

[wildthing]

eto naman ang solution ko dyan sa pWinXP install para hindi madetect kung geniune or not - http://tsikot.yehey.com/forums/showp...0&postcount=16

[mr_incredible]

Already did sir, and since the lappy don't have international warranty they are going to charge me for the WinXP OS, plus the other Acer SW Apps, plus the service charge, estimate given is around 10k pesos.

So right now, did an install WinXP (pirated) from a clean start, downloaded all the drivers from Acer support site... now the lappy is back to to life with english Win XP, pirated nga lang... hehehe I've connected to the network overnite, but so far microsoft has not detected it... okay pa..

Good to hear that everything's ok with your new(ly acquired) laptop.

Regarding your use of a pirated XP installer, just as long as you used the same version as the previously installed one (home or xp), and used the serial indicated at the bottom of the laptop, then everything should be fine.