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UK English Version of XP Pro
Name: Contajen Date: November 25, 2006 at 11:50:56 Pacific OS: Windows 98 CPU/Ram: 2.8 ghz/796mb Product: debranded Compaq
Comment:
Stupid Question alert!!
Will a Uk english version of Windows Xp Pro work on any computer in the good old USA? English is english right? Just would like to know for sure before I purchase it. Seller says he is 95% sure that it would but just thought I would ask here.
Name: XpUser Date: November 25, 2006 at 11:58:34 Pacific
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According to this recent thread, there was a problem with the keyboard character mapping. The problem was traced to the default input language (English US vs English UK).
Other than that I guess it's about the same if you do not also use the QWERTY keyboard functions. Stick around for more inputs from others. i_XpUser
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Response Number 2
Name: per Date: November 25, 2006 at 12:05:31 Pacific
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Control panel-region and language- select the language from the drop down list.
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Response Number 3
Name: mattie Date: November 25, 2006 at 12:16:35 Pacific
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of course you can select english (us) as locale and input language when installing a uk english xp version. there aren't too many differences anyway ... i think £ and $, @ and " have swapped position.
would be a surprise to me, windows xp being cheaper in the uk than in the us of a ... you sure not confusing £ with $? and royal air mail ain't exactly cheap either :-)
Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'
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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser Date: November 25, 2006 at 12:22:21 Pacific
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In that case buy me retail Vista Ultimate & then ship it to me here in NY. Do we have a deal?
i_XpUser
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Response Number 5
Name: mattie Date: November 25, 2006 at 12:36:01 Pacific
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if you're looking for a bargain, why not vista ultimate retail from malaysia, street price usd 1 LOL
Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'
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Response Number 6
Name: XpUser Date: November 25, 2006 at 12:42:26 Pacific
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Sure I'd go there but there will be no Ultimate - just the Starter Editions (barebone Vista).
i_XpUser
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Response Number 7
Name: per Date: November 25, 2006 at 12:53:26 Pacific
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In Asia they will have all versions for $1 to $5 on the street with the hologram and all. :>}
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Response Number 8
Name: mattie Date: November 25, 2006 at 14:17:58 Pacific
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i wouldn't call vista starter 'bare bone' ... still too bloated for real bare bone enthusiasts ... but vLite will do the job
quite some irony: gamers will be addressed with directX 10 ... but they prefer a slim operating system leaving them system resources in abundance, certainly not vista :-)
Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'
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