Change Windows XP Home Language in Netbooks without reinstalling! (Or how to install the MUI pack for Windows XP Home)

Tetsumo — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:40:09 +0000

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If you want to change the default language in Windows XP Pro and Windows Vista (with Vistalizator in the Home Versions) you can easily do it. But Microsoft prevents Windows XP Home users from doing so, although the funcionality is still present.

Lucky for us netbook users there is a workaround, that involves registry editing in order to make it work.

Now on the steps to doit:

1. Be sure you have administrator rights in order to edit the registry.
2. Click Start, then Run, type regedit and hit enter.
3. Navigate to the following section HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet00X/Control/ProductOptions
where ControlSet has the higher value
4. Delete the ProductSuite registry value
5. Go to Edit > New and Select DWORD value with the “brand” name (without hyphens)
6. Put Zero as the value for the new created Key
7. Restart your machine
8. Press F8 after the bios screen
9. On the menu choose “Last Known Good Configuration”
10. To verify that the process worked, Right Click on My PC, Select Properties, Windows XP Professional will be displayed (Instead Windows XP Home).

Now you can download the MUI Pack to change the language to the one you want. (You need Service Pack
2 or superior installed for the MUI to work).

When installation of the MUI Pack finishes, go to Control Panel, Regional Settings, Click on the Language tab, and select the language you want, when you restart the machine your Windows will display on the selected language.

Links:

Mui Pack English to Spanish

Other languages

En español / In spanish:

Cambiar el Idioma del Windows XP Home de tu Netbook sin reinstalar!
(O como instalar el Mui Pack para Windows XP Home)

1. Asegurate de tener permisos de administrador para realizar los pasos siguientes.
2. Haz Clic en Inicio, Ejecutar, escribe regedit y pulsar enter.
3. Ir a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet00X/Control/ProductOptions, donde ControlSet00X tenga el número más alto.
4. Borrar la clave de registro con nombre ProductSuite.
5. Crear un nuevo valor dword con el nombre de “brand” (sin las comillas, en Menu Edit, New)
6. Poner cero a los valores de la entrada brand.
7. Reiniciar el sistema operativo.
8. Presiona F8 para mostrar el menú de inicio de Windows XP.
9. Seleccionar la opción Last Known Good Configuration y presionar la tecla enter.
10. Clic con el botón secundario del mouse a My PC y seleccionar propierties, solo para verificar que
su XP home es ahora un XP professional.

Ahora ya puedes bajar el MUI Pack con el idioma al que quieres cambiar tu Windows. (Se necesita
Service Pack 2 o superior para que el MUI funcione).

Cuando finalice la instalación, ir a panel de control, configuración regional y de idioma, dar clic en la pestaña idioma y seleccionar español (o el idioma deseado), cuando se reinicie el sistema operativo, los menús aparecerán en español (o el idioma selecionado).

Links:
Mui Pack Inglés a Español

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Change Windows XP Home Language in Netbooks without reinstalling! (Or how to install the MUI pack for Windows XP Home)