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    ARGHHHH got my thinkpad with the wrong langauge!!!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by khajure, Sep 11, 2009.

  1. khajure

    khajure Notebook Geek

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    This is so annoying, I finally got my thinkpad t500 but its in french lol. I thought you could change the language inside control panel but thats not possible, you need to change the whole OS. Now that i checked my receipt it shows I chose Vista french, I had paid no attention to that... I dont know how i ended up choosing french!!!! oh man, will lenovo be able to do something about this or should I wait till the windows 7 upgrade?
     
    khajure, Sep 11, 2009
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  2. khajure

    khajure Notebook Geek

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    I Dont even think I can upgrade to Windows 7 since in order to upgrade you require the previous OS to have the same language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
    khajure, Sep 11, 2009
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  3. StealthTH

    StealthTH Notebook Evangelist

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    Give them a call and explain the situation
     
    StealthTH, Sep 11, 2009
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    Can't you just install the language pack for the language you want...
     
    aadadams, Sep 11, 2009
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    The the bios will be off.....
    Renee
     
    Renee, Sep 11, 2009
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    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    You always wanted to learn French right? ItÂ’s a blessing in disguise!
     
    BinkNR, Sep 11, 2009
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    Yes, why bother with these hassles. It will come to bite you later. Give lenovo a call and get the problem corrected.
     
    The Fire Snake, Sep 11, 2009
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    Download the pack but also give Lenovo a call.
     
    t30power, Sep 11, 2009
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    I hope you have the high-resolution version of the T500. French isn't that efficient in putting information in small sentences...
     
    jcvjcvjcvjcv, Sep 11, 2009
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  13. ZaZ

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    I would hardly describe your situation as sad, perhaps a bit annoying or irritating, but not sad.

    By all means contact Lenovo. There may be a simple solution. If you don't get any traction with Lenovo, contact [email protected]. He has an account here, but you're probably better off contacting him at Lenovo forums. Good Luck.
     
    ZaZ, Sep 12, 2009
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    Thanks for all the replies, i contacted lenovo and sure enough they will be sending recovery CDs that will allow a language restore. In any case you can do this manually too, but I wanted the recovery cds so i obliged.
     
    khajure, Sep 12, 2009
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