I'd like to purchase a dell laptop for a relative in Mexico. I understand that Dell only sells english version OS here in the US. However, is it possible to change the operating systems language from English to Spanish with the start up disks that they include? If not, what other options are there available to accomplish this? Thank you in advance.

You can change the language etc in the control panel. by clicking regional options. best of luck Frank :

I have tried that, but that does not change the Language on the operating system. It just changes setting on your keyboard and a few minor details on your os.

"Users who purchase their computers or versions of Windows in a country may find that their version of Windows has a different language. Because Microsoft Windows is shipped to different countries Microsoft has several different versions of Windows known as "localized versions". If you are using Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP professional you can use the Microsoft Windows MUI utility as described below to view many sections of program. Otherwise if you wish to use a different language of Windows you would need to purchase a localized version for your language of choice. Windows 2000 and Windows XP professional users Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP users can utilize the Microsoft Windows MUI utility or muisetup.exe which enables you to change the language of the display menus, dialogs, and text within Microsoft Windows. MUI is sold through Microsoft Open License Program (MOLP) or with an Enterprise agreement. It is not available through the standard retail versions of Windows. Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP MUI supports the below languages. English, French, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Dutch, Brazilian, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Greek, Portuguese, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, German, Chinese, Arabic, and Hebrew In addition to the above supported languages Windows XP users also have the additional support for the below languages. Slovak, Bulgarian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Thai, Slovenian, Croatian, Latvian, and Romanian. since dell computers come with xp oem, the answers to your question is most likely NO. Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.' icq 10183575

why not purchase the computer through dell mexico? http://www1.la.dell.com/content/default.aspx?c=mx&l=es&s=gen Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.' icq 10183575

Buy laptop then buy Spanish xp from ebay ask dell for a refund on OS (lol) seems theres plenty Espanol xp's available , also office 03 Spanish version .

I'd go with mattie's recommendation. Life is more painless for those who are brainless.