| Windows 7: Windows 7 Ultimate language versions |
04 Aug 2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate language versions I understand that with Windows 7 Ultimate you have the possibility to convert your system from one language into another by using Windows 7 language packs.
My issue is that I'm searching for a reasonably priced way to obtain Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit in English, when it's released late October, and have come across a German webshop that advertises to now purchase the German language version of Vista Ultimate 64bit OEM bundled with a Windows 7 Upgrade Offer Form. That means I would get a German Vista now, and a German version of Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit in October. Is my assumption correct, that if I then apply an English language pack, my Windows 7 (and whole PC system) would be 100% converted into English, as if I had installed an English version of Windows 7 in the 1st place?
As for the price: the above offer stands at 168.99 Euro, which seems considerably less than the regular price to be expected here in Finland, where I live. Are there better offers around?
Cheers Uffe | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Selfmade OS Win 7 x64 Ultimate CPU E8500 @ 4005 MHz Motherboard Asus Rampage Formula Memory 4 GB Corsair 8500 Graphics Card Geforce 275 @ 715 MHz Sound Card X-Fi Fatal1ty Extreme Gamer Monitor(s) Displays LG Flatron Wide 22" LCD Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050 Keyboard Logitech G15 Mouse Logitech MX Revolution PSU BeQuiet 600W Case Antec P182 Cooling 5x120mm fans (3 in & 2 out), Zalman CNPS9700 NT Hard Drives 2 @ totally 1.75 TB internal
1 @ 1 TB external eSata
2 @ 0.9 TB external USB Internet Speed 24 MB/s D/L |
04 Aug 2009
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#2 | | Windows 7 x64 Ultimate A Finnish immigrant in Leipzig, Germany |

Moi Uffe, tervetuloa foorumille. Asun täällä Saksassa saksalaisen vaimon kanssa, työskentelen englanniksi ja ruotsiksi. Sekä työ- että kotikoneella käyttäjätilit neljällä kielellä: suomi, saksa, englanti ja ruotsi.
Koneissa englanninkielinen Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, erikieliset käyttäjätilit luotu käyttämällä kielipaketteja. Toimivat erinomaisen hyvin, koko käyttis on aina halutulla kielellä. Silloin tällöin joku satunnainen virheilmoitus tulee englanniksi vaikka olisin loggautuneena suomenkieliseen tiliin, eli mielestäni saat varautua siihen että saat joskus, hyvin harvoin, saksalaisen dialogin ruudullesi ja että joissakin sovelluksissa painikkeet ovat saksaksi: Weiter (seuraava), Abbrechen (peruuta) jne.
Logon screen on myös AINA ALKUPERÄISELLÄ KIELELLÄ, eli ruudullasi lukee sitten aina esim "Bitte geben Sie Ihre kennwort" (annan salasana) ja "Willkommen" (tervetuloa). Tämä johtuu siitä että kielipaketti latautuu vasta sisäänkirjautumisen jälkeen.
Parhaiten kielipaketti toimii jos lokalisointi vastaa käytettävää kieltä, mun omista kokemuksista voit lukea täältä. 
I told him here above of my own experiences using my rig with 4 different languages. Everything I told above in Finnish can be found in English here.
Kari | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ENVY 17-1150eg OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor Memory 6 GB Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics Sound Card Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer Monitor(s) Displays 17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI Screen Resolution 1600*900, 1680*1050 and 1920*1080 Keyboard Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth) Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth) Hard Drives Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media Internet Speed 50/10 Mbps VDSL Antivirus MSE, Windows Defender Browser Maxthon 3.5.2. Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!) |
04 Aug 2009
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kari Attachment 21328
Moi Uffe, tervetuloa foorumille. Asun täällä Saksassa saksalaisen vaimon kanssa, työskentelen englanniksi ja ruotsiksi. Sekä työ- että kotikoneella käyttäjätilit neljällä kielellä: suomi, saksa, englanti ja ruotsi.
Koneissa englanninkielinen Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, erikieliset käyttäjätilit luotu käyttämällä kielipaketteja. Toimivat erinomaisen hyvin, koko käyttis on aina halutulla kielellä. Silloin tällöin joku satunnainen virheilmoitus tulee englanniksi vaikka olisin loggautuneena suomenkieliseen tiliin, eli mielestäni saat varautua siihen että saat joskus, hyvin harvoin, saksalaisen dialogin ruudullesi ja että joissakin sovelluksissa painikkeet ovat saksaksi: Weiter (seuraava), Abbrechen (peruuta) jne.
Logon screen on myös AINA ALKUPERÄISELLÄ KIELELLÄ, eli ruudullasi lukee sitten aina esim "Bitte geben Sie Ihre kennwort" (annan salasana) ja "Willkommen" (tervetuloa). Tämä johtuu siitä että kielipaketti latautuu vasta sisäänkirjautumisen jälkeen.
Parhaiten kielipaketti toimii jos lokalisointi vastaa käytettävää kieltä, mun omista kokemuksista voit lukea täältä. Attachment 21329
I told him here above of my own experiences using my rig with 4 different languages. Everything I told above in Finnish can be found in English here.
Kari hah, i didnt understand a word of that | My System Specs | | |
04 Aug 2009
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#4 | | Windows 7 x64 Ultimate A Finnish immigrant in Leipzig, Germany |

Quote: Originally Posted by sergiogarcia9 hah, i didnt understand a word of that  Is my English so bad you didn't even understand the English part? | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ENVY 17-1150eg OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor Memory 6 GB Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics Sound Card Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer Monitor(s) Displays 17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI Screen Resolution 1600*900, 1680*1050 and 1920*1080 Keyboard Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth) Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth) Hard Drives Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media Internet Speed 50/10 Mbps VDSL Antivirus MSE, Windows Defender Browser Maxthon 3.5.2. Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!) |
04 Aug 2009
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kari Is my English so bad you didn't even understand the English part?  It was the finish part i didnt understand  Your english is good | My System Specs | | |
04 Aug 2009
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@Kari
Sait peeämmän.
Translation for those less fluent in Finnish (acc. to Forum rules):
You've got a pm.
Uffe | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Selfmade OS Win 7 x64 Ultimate CPU E8500 @ 4005 MHz Motherboard Asus Rampage Formula Memory 4 GB Corsair 8500 Graphics Card Geforce 275 @ 715 MHz Sound Card X-Fi Fatal1ty Extreme Gamer Monitor(s) Displays LG Flatron Wide 22" LCD Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050 Keyboard Logitech G15 Mouse Logitech MX Revolution PSU BeQuiet 600W Case Antec P182 Cooling 5x120mm fans (3 in & 2 out), Zalman CNPS9700 NT Hard Drives 2 @ totally 1.75 TB internal
1 @ 1 TB external eSata
2 @ 0.9 TB external USB Internet Speed 24 MB/s D/L |
06 Oct 2009
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#7 | | Windows 7 x64 Ultimate A Finnish immigrant in Leipzig, Germany |
Language packs have been discussed in several threads here on the SevenForums. I'm using this thread to correct a mistake I've made. Today I got a PM from a new member from Finland who pointed out that I've unknowingly given partly untrue advice.
I 've said a couple of times that even you can change the language of separate user accounts, you can not change the language of the welcome / logon screen.
The PM showed me I've been wrong; there's so simple solution to this I can not believe I've not noticed it before. A picture is worth thousand words:
Thanks for one of our new members Juffe for pointing this out.
Kari | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ENVY 17-1150eg OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor Memory 6 GB Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics Sound Card Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer Monitor(s) Displays 17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI Screen Resolution 1600*900, 1680*1050 and 1920*1080 Keyboard Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth) Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth) Hard Drives Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media Internet Speed 50/10 Mbps VDSL Antivirus MSE, Windows Defender Browser Maxthon 3.5.2. Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!) Windows 7 Ultimate language versions problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:01 AM. | |