I purchased a laptop in Mexico and it has windows8 in Spanish. How do I get it in English
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- windows8
windows 8 in Spanish
- Thread starter Rick1949
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Look in Control Panel under Region. 
My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- 17074 Pro
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP dv7 3173nr
- CPU
- M520
- Memory
- 5GB
- Screen Resolution
- 1600x900
- Internet Speed
- 120Mb/s
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- PC2
- HP A12 R7 17074
the control panel changes effect only certain areas, such as menus, titles. The basic info is still in Spanish, such as the help and support information.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- windows8
- Messages
- 1,591
- Location
- Austin, Texas
See if this helps... Languages in Windows 8 and Windows RT - Microsoft Windows
My Computers
System One System Two
-
- OS
- 17074 Pro
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP dv7 3173nr
- CPU
- M520
- Memory
- 5GB
- Screen Resolution
- 1600x900
- Internet Speed
- 120Mb/s
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- PC2
- HP A12 R7 17074
- Messages
- 25,263
Hello Rick, and welcome to Eight Forums.
In addition, the tutorial below can help show you how to change your display language to English in Windows 8.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/5853-display-language-change-windows-8-a.html
Hope this helps,
Shawn
In addition, the tutorial below can help show you how to change your display language to English in Windows 8.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/5853-display-language-change-windows-8-a.html
Hope this helps,
Shawn
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- 64-bit Windows 10
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom self built
- CPU
- Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
- Memory
- 64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
- Sound Card
- Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
- Screen Resolution
- 2560x1440
- Hard Drives
- 1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
- PSU
- OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
- Case
- Thermaltake Core P3
- Cooling
- Corsair Hydro H115i
- Keyboard
- Logitech wireless K800
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master 3
- Internet Speed
- 1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
- Browser
- Internet Explorer 11
- Antivirus
- Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
- Other Info
- Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone