Hi all, yesterday i reformatted my PC and installed a clean version of Windows XP, and trust me i know how to install windows properly i've done it many times before, i basically boot the disc (enabling read from CD drive as first option from BIOS) and then install it and done. Nothing went wrong and the installation is easy as. Just a problem, during the installation it'll ask u to configure a few settings such as date and language. I was busy and i click the "NEXT" option too fast (because i've already been through the installation before) and i skipped the bit when it asks you to choose your language and country. I was suppose to choose English and New Zealand, but since i skipped it the first option is "Arabic". After i installed Windows, surprisingly it shows english, everything is english except a few files.

My problem is i wanna change the country and the language so that everything is in proper english because some files still show Arabic, but i can't do that. Here's a screenshot of wat i mean:



as you can see, it shows Arabic on some programs....



and i tried to change the language from Control Panel and it doesn't work, it shows this problem.

by the way, i'm running Windows XP, not Vista. It may look like Vista but it's only cuz i'm using Vista Transformation Pack 7 and Vista Inspirat, which are programs that changes the appearance of Vista.

So yea i couldn't change the language, plz help me and i'm login as Administrator by the way, i don't know why it doesn't work.

If i can't change the settings due to some random admin problem, can someone tell me where to download the english language pack? Because i don't wanna format XP again and since most files are in english i think changing a few settings should settle the problem.

Recommend you bite the bullet. Reformat and reinstall.

If you have the CD I cant see why it wouldnt find the files

Can you tell us/take screenshots of what options you are choosing in the other tabs?
Ive changed from US to english several times, sometimes it asked for the cd but otherwise no problems

i changed everything in the other tabs to English as well and changed the country to New Zealand.

It did ask for the CD and i know how to get the files from there, it installed properly but when i press OK it shows the Administrator message thing shown in the screenshot.

I don't wish to do another reformat, because this problem seems fixable and it's not a huge problem for me to waste my time reformatting and update all my drivers again.

by the way, i changed everything in every tab to english, the problem i'm facing is i can't "APPLY" the settings because of the administrator problem as shown in my screenshot, plz look carefully.

Hi!

You'll probably need to be logged in as an administrator to change these kind of settings...
Try logging in as an administrator and change the settings again:
In Windows XP Home Edition, you can login as built-in Administrator in Safe Mode only. For XP Professional, press CTRL + ALT + DEL twice at the Welcome Screen and input your Administrator password in the classic logon window that appears.

Robin