Changing language on Windows 98 SE

[veso266]

Hi is posible to change language on windows 98 Second edition (like on windows 7 Ultimate you just use mui)

Best Regards

[TheCollector1988]

you can't.

[veso266]

but when I installing USB Drivers: http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php I don't install corect one and its change my language from Slovenian to English (Setting menu, control panel) (then I reinstalled windows 98 SE)

[Maza]

Hi is posible to change language on windows 98 Second edition (like on windows 7 Ultimate you just use mui)

Best Regards

It has been a while since I've used Windows 98. Have you searched in Regional Settings?

Also, I am not sure if this is what you were referring to, but please see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/141306

[veso266]

@Maza this is for keybord but I need to change display language

[rafaelgs]

Reinstall in your desired language.

[veso266]

Yes but if I reinstall then I will lose all my data (I don't know how to reinstall only a language)

[Wheatley]

You cannot. Back up the data and reinstall completely.

[Maza]

@Maza this is for keybord but I need to change display language

I am sorry about that. I have not used Windows 98 for a good while and never had a reason to change my display language. I admit that I was not sure if the link I previously posted would help, but it is nice to see that others have responded with a possible solution.

[pittical]

There's no way to change the language on 9x save for a reinstall, since all the strings are hardcoded to one single language. If you install updates or drivers from another language, you'll get mixups... If that bothers you, reinstall those components from a package with your native language.

[rhobariii]

Maybe this will help:
http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewto ... 39&t=23879

[pittical]

It won't. XP's approach to multilignuality is not present on 9x. Maybe if we were talking about Windows NT...

[veso266]

Ok how about Windows NT any way to change display language?

[pittical]

Yeah, I just read up on that, doesn't look much better. Apparently the whole MUI idea was introduced with NT5.0 (i.e. Windows 2000). Before that, I reckon the situation was similar to the 9x family.

[veso266]

but is the MUI for 2000 the same as for XP?

[LiveKiller]

No it's impossible to change a language
Reinstall Windows on the other language

[cantasan99]

Windows 2000 or XP introduced MUI. That means you can't.

[veso266]

so any slovenian MUI for Windows 2000?

[Overdoze]

so any slovenian MUI for Windows 2000?

No. NT didn't get translated into Slovenian until XP, but Windows 95 is the absolute first version (and among the first MS products) available in Slovenian. Only Office 4.3 predates it as far as the translation goes, IIRC.

[veso266]

hmm so Windows 95, 98, ME is in Slovenian but Windows 2000 isn't thats weird

[veso266]

Only Office 4.3 predates it as far as the translation goes, IIRC.

What do you mean with this? isn't IRC a comunication interface

[hounsell]

IIRC - If I remember/recall correctly.

[Overdoze]

hmm so Windows 95, 98, ME is in Slovenian but Windows 2000 isn't thats weird

Not really. 9x was the OS for the masses (aka home users/ordinary people), so they had to translate it into as many languages as possible to make it more appealing.

NT, on the other hand, was for more professional use, where one was expected to have some knowledge of foreign languages anyway. On top of that, the user base was much smaller, so it didn't really make sense to translate it into all the languages.

[veso266]

IIRC - If I remember/recall correctly.

whoops so what is IIRC?

[Wheatley]

If I recall correctly