Switch from Japanese to English

I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium Japanese version. I want to switch from
Japanse to Englsih. Can anyone suggest good option other than using new
English copy.

Hi,

Your options are somewhat limited here:

1) As you stated, get a full version of Vista Home Premium in English and do
a clean installation.

2) Upgrade your Japanese version to Ultimate through Anytime Upgrade, then
download and install the English language pack:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro.../overview.mspx

3) Try this unsupported tool:
http://www.froggie.sk/

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Vijay" <Vijay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:58D8EE62-B28E-44B9-BD2D-3C2B5F2149F1@microsoft.com...
> I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium Japanese version. I want to switch
> from
> Japanse to Englsih. Can anyone suggest good option other than using new
> English copy.

I have a user who arrived recently from Japan. His laptop has XP Home
Japanese. The problem is that when mapping a drive the backslash changes to a
Yen symbol so he can not map drives to the file server.

We have a site license for Microsoft OS so I have Vista Enterprise available
to install.

Question 1. Is it possible to upgrade from XP Home to Vista Enterprise?

Question 2. If I upgraded from the Japanese version of XP Home to Vista
Enterprise would Vista Enterprise automatically use the Japanese language
pack?

Question 3. After such an upgrade, would we be able to switch Vista
Enterprise from Japanese to English so he can enter the backslash in the map
network drive dialog? After all, that would be the goal of the whole exercise.

Thanks,
Don

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Your options are somewhat limited here:
>
> 1) As you stated, get a full version of Vista Home Premium in English and do
> a clean installation.
>
> 2) Upgrade your Japanese version to Ultimate through Anytime Upgrade, then
> download and install the English language pack:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro.../overview.mspx
>
> 3) Try this unsupported tool:
> http://www.froggie.sk/
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Vijay" <Vijay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:58D8EE62-B28E-44B9-BD2D-3C2B5F2149F1@microsoft.com...
> > I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium Japanese version. I want to switch
> > from
> > Japanse to Englsih. Can anyone suggest good option other than using new
> > English copy.
>
>

"Don Anderson" <DonAnderson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news13174A4-09F9-4705-99EB-26ABE45901CC@microsoft.com...
>I have a user who arrived recently from Japan. His laptop has XP Home
> Japanese. The problem is that when mapping a drive the backslash changes
> to a
> Yen symbol so he can not map drives to the file server.
>
> We have a site license for Microsoft OS so I have Vista Enterprise
> available
> to install.
>
> Question 1. Is it possible to upgrade from XP Home to Vista Enterprise?
>
> Question 2. If I upgraded from the Japanese version of XP Home to Vista
> Enterprise would Vista Enterprise automatically use the Japanese language
> pack?
>
> Question 3. After such an upgrade, would we be able to switch Vista
> Enterprise from Japanese to English so he can enter the backslash in the
> map
> network drive dialog? After all, that would be the goal of the whole
> exercise.
>
> Thanks,
> Don
>

Hello Don,

Presumably your Vista Enterprise is in English, in which case then no, you
will not be able to upgrade your user's laptop. You can't upgrade from one
language to another.

You may be able to get a Japanese Enterprise DVD, check with your
reseller/account manager, however I'm not sure if upgrading from XP Home to
Enterpise is supported or not. (I may be able to test using Virtual PC
later - I've never tried upgrading anything to Enterprise as yet).

You should be able to get the MUI language packs for Enterprise as you
qualify under your Volume License for them.

--
Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 09:28:00 +1000, "Jane C"
<janecolman@invalid.iinet.net.au> wrote:


>Hello Don,
>
>Presumably your Vista Enterprise is in English, in which case then no, you
>will not be able to upgrade your user's laptop. You can't upgrade from one
>language to another.
>
>You may be able to get a Japanese Enterprise DVD, check with your
>reseller/account manager, however I'm not sure if upgrading from XP Home to
>Enterpise is supported or not.

It isn't. Home Basic can only upgrade to Home Premium or to Ultimate.

>(I may be able to test using Virtual PC
>later - I've never tried upgrading anything to Enterprise as yet).
>
>You should be able to get the MUI language packs for Enterprise as you
>qualify under your Volume License for them.

"Paul Montgomery" <nonnymoose@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:m1d794lmb4910su7vl2rlb5homq7ljhi9k@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 09:28:00 +1000, "Jane C"
> <janecolman@invalid.iinet.net.au> wrote:
>
>
> It isn't. Home Basic can only upgrade to Home Premium or to Ultimate.
>

OP said XP Home, not Vista Home Basic.
--
Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 14:28:14 +1000, "Jane C"
<janecolman@invalid.iinet.net.au> wrote:

>
>"Paul Montgomery" <nonnymoose@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:m1d794lmb4910su7vl2rlb5homq7ljhi9k@4ax.com.. .
>> On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 09:28:00 +1000, "Jane C"
>> <janecolman@invalid.iinet.net.au> wrote:
>>
>>
>> It isn't. Home Basic can only upgrade to Home Premium or to Ultimate.
>>
>
>OP said XP Home, not Vista Home Basic.

OK... Home Premium can go to Ultimate, not to Enterprise.

"Don Anderson" <DonAnderson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news13174A4-09F9-4705-99EB-26ABE45901CC@microsoft.com...

And the good news is that upgrading in place from XP Home to Vista
Enterprise does work.

Currently performing an inplace upgrade from XP Home with SP3 integrated,
English to Vista Enterprise with SP1 integrated, English, in a virtual
machine.
--
Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

On Aug 1, 11:28*pm, "Jane C" <janecol...@invalid.iinet.net.au> wrote:
> "Paul Montgomery" <nonnymo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:m1d794lmb4910su7vl2rlb5homq7ljhi9k@4ax.com...
>
> > On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 09:28:00 +1000, "Jane C"
> > <janecol...@invalid.iinet.net.au> wrote:
>
> > It isn't. *Home Basic can only upgrade to Home *Premium or to Ultimate.
>
> OP said XP Home, not Vista Home Basic.

I must be completely dense or in some kind of fog. My apologies. I
had Vista Home locked in my mind for some reason and didn't even see
XP until your post saying it would work.

Nice work on your part and I'm glad you were able to answer the OP's
questions.

Ok, let me see if I have this right. I can not upgrade Japanese XP Home to
English Vista Enterprise but if I can obtain Japanese Vista Enterprise I
could upgrade his machine to that. Then he could switch from Japanese to
English after Vista Enterprise is in place. Would I be correct in assuming
that Enterprise (Japanese or English) has the language packs already included
for language switching, as opposed to Ultimate where you need to download and
install the pack for any language other than the language it shipped as?

"Jane C" wrote:

>
> "Don Anderson" <DonAnderson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news13174A4-09F9-4705-99EB-26ABE45901CC@microsoft.com...
>
> And the good news is that upgrading in place from XP Home to Vista
> Enterprise does work.
>
> Currently performing an inplace upgrade from XP Home with SP3 integrated,
> English to Vista Enterprise with SP1 integrated, English, in a virtual
> machine.
> --
> Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
> Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
> MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
>
>