Multilingual User Interface MUI packs for Windows XP, which provide fully translated versions of Windows in 24 languages, are only available for download or for sale to companies that are part of a volume licensing program or who have Select and Enterprise agreements.
I would suggest you to take a look at the article mentioned below. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to set the language on a Microsoft Windows XP computer. This process is very fast, simple and easy to do. Begin by clicking on the Start menu and select Control Panel. Try finding a friend that may have an English version and use your CD key to activate it.
This article explains how to change computer language to English when the default language is something else. If you bought your computer with Windows XP in some other language set as default, you need not worry. You can always change it using the Control Panel. English, along with several widely used languages, is present in almost all Windows XP installations.
You only need to set it up so that your copy of Windows XP works with English. The option is available in the first drop down list under Standards and Formats see Fig 1. You may also click the Customize button next to the drop down to customize the format of date, time, currency etc. Click on the next tab, Languages and then click the button labeled Details.
In the Text Services and Input Languages dialog box, you can see all the installed languages. To create a keyboard shortcut for switching among installed languages, use the Key Settings under Preferences Fig 3. Please note that you can also use the Language bar to switch among languages.
Click OK to close the dialog box. To set English as the default language for the particular user account, click on the Advanced tab of Regional and Language Options dialog box. Make sure English is being displayed in the drop down box and check the last option in the dialog box See Fig 4.
Though this is the most common method used to change the computer language to English in Windows XP, it only changes the GUI and sometimes creates problems with few applications such as Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. NOTE: The above method is often considered as a temporary solution when you have to use different languages. To change the computer language to English in Windows XP so that it has a system wide affect, it is recommended that you perform a fresh install of Windows XP and select English when prompted for language during installation.
Later, you may install other languages as required. Source and screenshots. Get an english installation CD from "somewhere" and re-install.
Follow the prompts to install the Service Pack. Reboot your computer again after installing Service Pack 3. After the installation is complete, you'll need to reboot your computer for the changes to take effect. Once the computer has rebooted, you should be able to see the changes to your display language.
You may notice that some elements are still in the original language. This is a limitation of the workaround. The only way to completely display a different language is to reinstall Windows XP and select the correct language during installation. Download a Language Pack after changing your base language optional. If you performed the above steps to change your base language in order to install a Language Pack, you can download and install it now.
See Step 1 of this section for details. Part 2. Open the Control Panel. You can find this in the Start Menu. Click the "Languages" tab. This will allow you to change the options for your input language. If you are switching inputs to an East Asian language or a complex script language, check the appropriate boxes and click "Apply" to download the required extra files.
Click the "Details" button. This will open the Text Services and Languages Input menu. Click the "Add" button. Select your desired input and language and keyboard layout from the drop-down menus. Click "OK" when you're satisfied.
Select your new default language from the drop-down menu. Your newly-added language will appear as an option in the "Default input language" drop-down menu. Select it if you want to change your input language now. Click "Apply" to save your changes. Use the Language Bar to switch between installed input languages. The Language Bar will appear automatically when you have more than one input language installed.
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