Can XP be switched from English to Portuguese?

[Guest drparker]

I have an old laptop that I'd like to give to family down in Brazil. Running

XP Home Edition 2002.

 

Is there any way to switch the display and input language from English to

Portuguese?

 

I tried the MS web site, but they only seem to provide the answers for Vista

users. Followed the desktop help, but nothing happens.

[Guest Malke]

Re: Can XP be switched from English to Portuguese?

 

drparker wrote:

> I have an old laptop that I'd like to give to family down in Brazil.

> Running XP Home Edition 2002.

>

> Is there any way to switch the display and input language from English to

> Portuguese?

>

> I tried the MS web site, but they only seem to provide the answers for

> Vista users. Followed the desktop help, but nothing happens.

 

No, sorry. You'd need to purchase a retail copy of XP Home in Portuguese and

do a clean install. If you go this route, don't forget to get all the

drivers and laptop-specific software that that model laptop first. You'll

need to install them after the operating system is up.

 

Malke

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[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Can XP be switched from English to Portuguese?

 

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:36:02 -0700, drparker

<drparker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have an old laptop that I'd like to give to family down in Brazil. Running

> XP Home Edition 2002.

>

> Is there any way to switch the display and input language from English to

> Portuguese?

 

 

Sorry, no. You would need to buy and install a Portuguese version and

install it cleanly.

 

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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[Guest Alias]

Re: Can XP be switched from English to Portuguese?

 

drparker wrote:

> I have an old laptop that I'd like to give to family down in Brazil. Running

> XP Home Edition 2002.

>

> Is there any way to switch the display and input language from English to

> Portuguese?

>

> I tried the MS web site, but they only seem to provide the answers for Vista

> users. Followed the desktop help, but nothing happens.

 

If you don't want to buy a copy of XP in Portuguese, check out Ubuntu at

http://www.ubuntu.com. You can install it in any language you like and it's free.

 

Alias

[Guest Mike]

Re: Can XP be switched from English to Portuguese?

 

On Jul 24, 11:48 pm, "Ken Blake, MVP"

<kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:36:02 -0700, drparker

>

> <drpar...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> > I have an old laptop that I'd like to give to family down in Brazil.  Running

> >XPHome Edition 2002.

>

> > Is there any way to switch the display and inputlanguagefrom English to

> > Portuguese?

>

> Sorry, no. You would need to buy and install a Portuguese version and

> install it cleanly.

>

> --

> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP -WindowsDesktop Experience

> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

 

I have a similar question.

Can I have a bilingual switch between English and trad-Chinese for

free?

I don't like the "No" answer.

 

I also install MS Visual Studio 2008. For some reason I don't

remember, its user interface has changed to trad-chinese.

I'd like to also have a similar switch. I surf in MSDN and happily

find VS2008 has this switch, but it should be follow the language of

Window XP.

 

Thank you.

 

Mike