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I recently bought a new Lenovo laptop from Poland with Windows 8. Everything is dandy until I notice that it's all Polish and I don't speak Polish.
Well, I can change the language to English, but Polish language still pops out here and there. Is there a way to COMPLETELY change language to English? For example, if I wipe my PC and make a factory reset, the setup language is still Polish, but I want it to be English. Is this possible?
Refer to the how-to.
The Display language section will only be visible if you have already installed a LIP or if your edition of Windows supports MUI. MUI packs are only available in Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows Vista Enterprise.
Also see the How do I get additional language files? document.
If your version is not Ultimate/Enterprise, you will have to either purchase it or purchase another version of Windows Vista in English language and perform a clean installation. That is because there is no English LIP available for the Windows Vista which comes in other Languages.
However, if you Google, you can find sites with links to the English LIP (as it's extremely hard to find the official LIP links of the Microsoft site).
This one is probably an English LIP as stated in one blog. However, there are comments that it's not a LIP, but a MUI and doesn't install on the non Ultimate Windows version:
Are you really sure that those listed files not are for Ultimate only? I mean, if I install one, it says it is MUI pack, not LIP.
Anyway, you can try if it works for you.
On Windows 8 hit Win+W and type in the search Region, click on the Region and go to the Administrative Tab and click on the copy settings and make the languages changes system wide.
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I found a solution for your problem, i had the same problem but with a different language, Italian.
go to Control Panel then click on Clock, Language, and Region then click on Region
if you see the first line in Formats tab is "Format: English(United States)" then your are good
click on Location tab, and change Home location to united state
now click on Administrative tab
click on the first button "Copy settings..."
now u will see in "current user" your preferred language, which is English
check the two check-boxes at the bottom and click OK, this will change the Welcome screen and New user accounts to your Current user's settings. your PC will tell you it need a restart, click no or later.
click on the second button "Change system locale". change the Current system locale to "English (United States)"
now restart your PC and enjoy an full English version of windows 8
this helped me get rid of the Italian language at the welcome screen, not sure English will still be the default language after you refresh your PC.