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    Converting Japanese vista to English

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by rosae619, Aug 19, 2009.

  1. rosae619

    rosae619 Newbie

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    dear all
    I have a sony vaio labtop model VGN-CR51B_W.It has Japanese vista.Can we convert it to English vista.If so how?
    I have also installed a fresh English vista on my labtop.Now can i install japanese drivers in Englsih vista,will it work?

    thanx in advance
     
    rosae619, Aug 19, 2009
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  2. MidtownHD

    MidtownHD Notebook Consultant

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    language is not a problem for drivers.
    and you can always download the language packages from Windows Update.
     
    MidtownHD, Aug 19, 2009
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  3. BlackHawk7

    BlackHawk7 Notebook Evangelist

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    日本語は格好いいよ！ 君は元気になるでしょう。

    Haha just kidding! Yeah language packs will work fine. How did you end up getting Japanese vista? Did you buy it in Japan?
     
    BlackHawk7, Aug 19, 2009
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  4. tabrisfreewill

    tabrisfreewill Notebook Consultant

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    which version of vista is it? MUI is only available for vista ultimate and some other vista version i believe. but it is definitely not in vista home.
     
    tabrisfreewill, Aug 19, 2009
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  5. heavenly_wild

    heavenly_wild Notebook Deity

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    True, just Ultimate.
     
    heavenly_wild, Aug 19, 2009
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