I purchased a computer in japan, and it has win xp pre
installed.  It is the japanese version.  I would like to
change the interface in all menus etc to english.  How
can i do this?

I apologize in advance if this is a duplicate posting, but it has been three
days and hasn't shown up yet, so trying again...
I was looking at the Microsoft knowledge base today and discovered a
reference to an item with this name, but the page is not available.  Is it

ok i'm trying to open up a pdf file and it comes up with
a thing saying whether i want to open it or save it. i
want to open it so i click on that. and then it asks me
what i want to open it with and i didn't know so i

How do I do three things with XP Home SP1:
Start a program (ie autoexec.bat) to echo a time/date
stamp to a file so I know when windows is crashing in the
middle of the night.

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Microsoft Jet 4.0 Service Pack 7 (SP7) provides the
latest updates to the Jet 4.0 database engine with
Windows XP, and is discussed in Microsoft Knowledge Base

I've got a trial version of XP pro (time is now up)and
now want to install XP home.  I was on ME.  Any hints on
the best way to install?

I would like to install WinXP in my laptop,which
currently has Windows 2000. I want to save my data but
don't want Windows2000 anymore. I would like only XP as
my operating system. Also, I have no partitions. So will

Hi.. I have windows 2000 professional in Spanish and want
to upgrade to Windows XP in English but it tells me that
the language is not compatible. How can i fix this in
order to upgrade?

If I install a full version of Windows XP will it
completely erase the hard drive of all the NT that is on
it?  
I inherited a computer and want to overwrite NT with XP

Having browsed the news group for answers before posting
this, and following jupiter jones' advice given to other
users I am still unable to format/reinstall XP. When I
reboot with my cdrom as the first thing that boots, it

I need to transfer extra disk space on D to C or get rid
od D drive altogether---I'm running Windows XP

I reinstalled Windows XP Home Edition selecting Upgrade.
I gave permission to include any updates that might have
been made since the setup pkge had been installed.  The
setup hung with no messages during the installation of

Does anyone know how to configure Windows XP to log on a
user sutomatically when the computer is attached to a
domain?

I have a problem. I had Windows ME installed and tried to
upgrade to XP today. It gets to "Finalizing Installation"
and then hangs with 27 minutes left to go on the install.
Says that it's updating programs and settings when it

I have to be sure to reinstall XP on a clean Hard Drive...
I was used to go with Fdisk in the past. Doesnt seem to
exist anymore... any idea ?
Thanks in advance