Windows 7 Ultimate has the ability to change its own installed language to any of the supported languages. This feature did not make the cut for the Home versions of the OS.

Unfortunately sometimes, when purchasing computers, there may be a mixup in the desired language for the OS. Today, I received a computer for one of my clients with Windows 7 in English instead of French. Could be my mistake, could be Dell’s, but the problem remains.

Thankfully, someone (which name I could not find) created an extremely useful little software called Vistalizator that forces Microsoft’s own language packs to be installed. In a matter of 5 minutes, I switched this Windows 7 Home Premium from English to French.

Merci au codeur masqué!