Need advice - changing Japanese PC(Toshiba Dynabook) to English

[robs]

Hi,

Bought a Toshiba dynabook in Japan.
Wanted to know if its possible to change the OS, drivers(and other things.. which i dont know) to English.
Please help..

Here are the details..(taken using Belarc Advisor)
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TOSHIBA dynabook CX/825LL PACX825LL
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600)

1.47 gigahertz Intel Celeron M 410
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
448 Megabytes Installed Memory

Main Circuit Board:
Board: TOSHIBA HAWAA
BIOS: TOSHIBA V1.00 03/30/2006

HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4082N [CD-ROM drive]
FUJITSU MHV2060BH [Hard drive] (60.01 GB) -- drive 0

Controllers:
セカンダリ IDE チャネル [Controller] (2x)
プライマリ IDE チャネル [Controller] (2x)
標準デュアル チャネル PCI IDE コントローラ [Controller] (2x)

Display:
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M Series [Display adapter]
(既定のモニタ) [Monitor] (2x)
プラグ アンド プレイ モニタ [Monitor] (19.7"vis)

Bus Adapters:
汎用カードバス コントローラ
標準 OpenHCD USB ホスト コントローラ (2x)
標準エンハンス PCI to USB ホスト コントローラ


Multimedia:
Realtek High Definition Audio

TOSHIBA Software Modem
Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC


Microsoft AC Adapter
Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
USB ヒューマン インターフェイス デバイス
Vimicro USB PC Camera
日本語 PS/2 キーボード (106/109 キー Ctrl+英数) [Keyboard]
Alps Pointing-device [Mouse]
HID 準拠マウス [Mouse]
USB ルート ハブ (3x)

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Am not much aware of this procedure.. to chnage the drivers etc..
Could you please help me out..

Thanks,
robs

[tones_ie]

This any use to ya ?...

Manipulate XP's region controls to change your input languages.
You can change the input language of your keyboard to one of a number of languages included with Windows XP.

Switch your language

1. Go to the control panel and choose "Regional and Lanugage Options."
2. The first tab you see is called "Regional Options," and it includes basic settings such as the date and time formatting according to country.
3. Click to the second tab, labeled Languages.
4. Under "Text services and Input languages" choose Details. Here you will be able to set your default input language as well as add new languages to your taskbar that you can switch to whenever entering text into a Microsoft or Office application.
5. Choose Add, then select an input language from the list.
6. You can also choose from a number of keyboard layouts, including Dvorak and other languages.
7. These settings allow you to take advantage of the special accents and characters used in languages other than English without complicated methods.
8. Click OK when done.

[robs]

thanx a lot for the quick response..

changing regional options is an option left if changing the drivers is not possible.. But, even with English regional settings, the OS messages are in Japanese.

Where can I get some info on a matching driver for my chipset?
what other options do i have?

Changing the HD.. meaning I need to change the motherboard and all?

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by robs

thanx a lot for the quick response..

changing regional options is an option left if changing the drivers is not possible.. But, even with English regional settings, the OS messages are in Japanese.

Where can I get some info on a matching driver for my chipset?
what other options do i have?

Changing the HD.. meaning I need to change the motherboard and all?

Get Everest http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...-Edition.shtml

check My Computer/Summary and Mainboard, it may give the make and model of the motherboard, then all your drivers will be available.



Hope this helps