Vista - Help for vista express upgrade

I recently bought an HP laptop with Vista express upgrade ability. During the
installation process of Windows XP (home) I chose English as the Windows
language rather than the other option I had, Greek. However, when I visited
the Moduslink site for the upgrade I saw the following; for an English XP
version I get Vista Home Basic (English edition) but if I had a Greek XP
version I would get Vista Home Premium (Greek edition). Can I order the Home
Premium edition? Will I have a problem during the installation because of the
different language? I would appreciate any advice…

The language of Windows XP Home can not be selected or changed.
What you probably selected were the Regional settings.

If Windows XP Home is English, you need Vista in English as well.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"chris2007" <chris2007@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I recently bought an HP laptop with Vista express upgrade ability. During
>the
> installation process of Windows XP (home) I chose English as the Windows
> language rather than the other option I had, Greek. However, when I
> visited
> the Moduslink site for the upgrade I saw the following; for an English XP
> version I get Vista Home Basic (English edition) but if I had a Greek XP
> version I would get Vista Home Premium (Greek edition). Can I order the
> Home
> Premium edition? Will I have a problem during the installation because of
> the
> different language? I would appreciate any advice…

Actually, HP gives you the ability to chose your OS language when you fist
install windows. It also mentions that this choise is not reversible.

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:

> The language of Windows XP Home can not be selected or changed.
> What you probably selected were the Regional settings.
>
> If Windows XP Home is English, you need Vista in English as well.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "chris2007" <chris2007@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B64578E0-C1DE-45CC-9692-6270A92FEB97@microsoft.com...
> >I recently bought an HP laptop with Vista express upgrade ability. During
> >the
> > installation process of Windows XP (home) I chose English as the Windows
> > language rather than the other option I had, Greek. However, when I
> > visited
> > the Moduslink site for the upgrade I saw the following; for an English XP
> > version I get Vista Home Basic (English edition) but if I had a Greek XP
> > version I would get Vista Home Premium (Greek edition). Can I order the
> > Home
> > Premium edition? Will I have a problem during the installation because of
> > the
> > different language? I would appreciate any advice…
>
>

Then you may have 2 choices:
Get everything in English.
Reinstall and then choose Greek.
But then everything will have to be in Greek.

The selection of language is an HP feature with their computers and has
nothing to do with how Microsoft uses language packs or otherwise changes
the language.

Check with HP for details.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"chris2007" <chris2007@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Actually, HP gives you the ability to chose your OS language when you fist
> install windows. It also mentions that this choise is not reversible.

HP = Home Premium in this case ;-)

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Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
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> Then you may have 2 choices:
> Get everything in English.
> Reinstall and then choose Greek.
> But then everything will have to be in Greek.
>
> The selection of language is an HP feature with their computers and has
> nothing to do with how Microsoft uses language packs or otherwise changes
> the language.
>
> Check with HP for details.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "chris2007" <chris2007@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B30D8190-0215-45A1-A9B0-9F94DD758F65@microsoft.com...
>> Actually, HP gives you the ability to chose your OS language when you
>> fist
>> install windows. It also mentions that this choise is not reversible.
>