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I have a Windows 8 Enterprise Demo in German right now and already set up everything over 3 months. Now I bought the Windows 8 Pro version in English and followed the steps on this page so I can keep my programs and settings: http://www.windows-8-futter.de/enterprise/downgrade.html It fakes a Windows 8 Pro version instead of the Enterprise version using the registry to change the EditionID and the ProuctName.
When I get to the point where I am about to install it it tells me I can't upgrade from a German version to a English version because of the different languages. Is it possible to fake a English system language using the registry? And where do I find the right entry for it?
AlpayY
Posted 2014-07-03T16:01:21.653
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No; What you want is not possible. – Ramhound – 2014-07-03T16:12:01.403
Then why is it possible to fake the Windows Version but not the system language? – AlpayY – 2014-07-03T16:13:01.313
The only thing you could try is to install the English language pack and remove the German language pack and see if that will work. Windows upgrades are limited to the same language, this even applies, to the 8.1 update. Try that
– Ramhound – 2014-07-03T16:15:25.067I tried that and it didn't work. Thanks anyway. – AlpayY – 2014-07-03T17:24:06.273
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@AlpayY The installed language setting is stored in the
– and31415 – 2014-07-04T16:37:49.663HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Languageregistry key. The value is calledInstallLanguage. It's aREG_SZvalue which contains the language code (e.g. US English is0409). Here's a list of the supported values: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb896001.aspx