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    Need Help w/ Language of the VAIO care

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by temka-0622, Feb 28, 2011.

  1. temka-0622

    temka-0622 Notebook Guru

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    Hello everyone!
    I just bought a VAIO EA pc and i have a problem. I bought it from china, which seems like it has Chinese language on EVERY application including the windows from the factory, I would like to make it Englsih.
    Please note that only place I could buy is from China.

    I have copied all the files from the recovery partition to a flash drive and I noticed that the bindled software has many language packs.

    Does anyone know how can i activate which language pack to install?
    I would like my VAIO to be in English, Windows, VAIO bundled software etc.
     
  2. ssssssssss

    ssssssssss Notebook Evangelist

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    I think that unless it's Windows 7 Ultimate you will need to re-purchase Windows to have it in English. I'm not sure about the Sony utilities and drivers - that is, they come in a lot of different languages, but I'm not sure whether it will let you install the English Vaio software on a Chinese language version of Windows.
     
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    temka-0622 Notebook Guru

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    Thank you for your reply
    I should add these
    I have installed English version of windows(pirated) what this is all about really, because i feel so bad, and it is kinda silly because it actually came with genuine windows 7 Chinese
    I have installed all the drivers and utilities from sony through VAIO care and it became all English
    All of the apps running through windows is now english, but not the VAIO care, booted from f10.
    So are there any way i could just make the VAIO care booted from f10 english(seems like the software is actually an OS)?
     
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    ninocalifa Newbie

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    Here is what you need to do.
    find out what is the model of your computer - type system info on the windows search
    once you got the model, go to Sony esupport and type only the innitials, ie. VPCF12... leave the rest blank.

    once you got the and press forward, a little list with model names will appear for you to choose one.

    Choose some English model (usually the letter X on the name)

    Then uninstall your VAIO Care and download the one from eSupport from an US system.

    maybe this will work.
     
  5. temka-0622

    temka-0622 Notebook Guru

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    thanx 4 the reply.
    dude! if it was that simple, i wouldn't have posted this
    1:downloadable VAIO care software are ALL windows based, which means i don't need it!
    2:The VAIO care software of the Windows just helps it to connect with the VAIO care, software/OS/recovery solution from the pc's hidden partition, which I just copied and can be accessed from the windows.

    Need some IT guru's help! maybe i need to modify a configuration file from the hidden partition, so that it uses the englsih language pack?
    please note that EVERY application including the windows FROM THE PARTITION have many language packs, including Chinese(which is being used by the VAIO care OS), English, French etc.
     
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    temka-0622 Notebook Guru

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    PEOPLE! Please I need help!
    can noone help me??
     
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    temka-0622 Notebook Guru

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    I have contacted esupport.sony.com, and an IT manager suggested that i create recovery DVDs, and do a clean reinstall on the HDD. He said it would completely erase all data on the HDD, and reinstall everything including the VAIO care partition.
    HAS ANYONE DONE THIS?
    IF IT WORKS, I SHOULD BUY WINDOWS AND CREATE DVDs right?
    (since i have pirated windows now)