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Russian Language PC
Name: demonking Date: November 29, 2007 at 13:25:43 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: 1Gig CPU Product: Home Made
Comment:
Hi all
I was given a PC from a house clearence, and it's in Russian. Any ideals on how to change the lang to English? This machine came with no disks, plus I have already been to Control Panel, but no luck. Could I use my existing XP disk for the job? Thanks in advance.
The world is full of willing people, some are willing to work, others are willing to let them; just a thought!
Name: rrlyon Date: November 29, 2007 at 16:19:05 Pacific
Reply:
For a new install the CD you have needs to match the license key sticker on the system, an OEM sticker needs an OEM disk, a retail sticker needs the retail version. With no sticker you would need to buy a copy.
Summary: Just the other day, i extracted a WinRar file and unknowingly clicked on a "ru_patch.exe" component. After which my webpages in IE were encoded in Cyrillic instead of the usual Western European. Auto-...
Summary: I think the Maxthon-browser can do this for you. There is a russian language pack for it! Check it out here: http://www.maxthon.com/download.htm With the avant browser you can do this too: http://www....
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