Ok, this is weird.
I downloaded what I think is the english language pack for Windows 7 64 bit (I have home premium) from here
Vistalizator - change display language in Windows Vista and Windows 7
file name was
windows6.1-kb972813-x64-en-us_483a3e51038f1a369bc5b5cdf5fc32df3ea4ad27.exe
extracted the cab to the c drive and did the dism thing, something happened so looked good
I changed the registry thingy to change the codes from
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Language
my values were Default 0809 I assume this is the Swedish (which I don't want), the install language is 041D
I changed these as per this thread to 0409, it did not come back as English, but what looks like Greek!!!! I see I have in UILanguages got sv-SE (Swedish) and now el-GR which must be the greek or something
aarrrghhh!!!!!
Does that mean that I have installed the wrong lp.cab (I clearly clicked "english" on the page at vistalisator, and clearly copied the dism line and registry line exactly as described on page 2 of this thread
please help
PS
I am English, moved to Sweden, still learning the language, would prefer not to have to learn computer speak in Swedish just yet, have bought a new PC to replace laptop and did not even think about this language problem! Assumed it would be a quick control panel setting
speaking of control panel, the bit where you install new languages is still empty if that is relevant or not.
Thought the lp.cab, dism.exe and registry code hack would do the trick but something still not right clearly!