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thanks. i will give it a go

we have a japanese exchange student staying with us for 6 months and i was wondering if it's possible to convert Xp Pro on my spare PC in the back room to a japanese language version? is there a language pack or something similar i can install ? TIA

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try rockxp http://www.snapfiles.com/get/rockxp.html

install the intel inf chipset utility, then install the intel application accelerator. open app acelerator and check the dma on each ide

they are the uninstaller for the associated program. best to leave them in situ

try RegTick 0.21 as well http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/12/2/12-2-89.shtml

also, for xp pro, have a look in gpedit.msc @ settings in

no special program required to burn the iso to dvd, as long as your burning app supports burning to dvd media and you have a dvd burner of course.

done ! removing OemPreinstall=No did the trick. thanx so much !

ok, thanx for that. the sif file is not a double extension, although i agree this would be an easy error to overlook. i'll try removing the OemPreinstall=No and see what happens. be back in a hour or so:)

i slipstreamed sp2 into my xp pro cd. made a winnt.sif using the guide @ http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/winnt_sif.htm and placed it into the i386 folder. created an iso using cdimage. burned iso. all AOK so far. however, during installation of xp from the cd the winnt.sif is ignored and i still am prompted to enter all the info like key and name etc. any ideas please as to the main reasons for this trouble ? winnt.sif below ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=No TargetPath=\WINDOWS OemPreinstall=Yes UnattendSwitch="yes" FileSystem=* [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="password" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=255 OemSkipWelcome=1 [userData] ProductKey=?????-?????????-?????-????? FullName="XCVXCVXCV" OrgName="XCVXCVXCV" ComputerName=* [Display] Xresolution=800 YResolution=600 [TapiLocation] CountryCode=61 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=02 [identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

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i have tried them all and they all have issues, but i personally like ulead dvd player. another good one [if you have good speakers and sound card] is orion studios direct dvd.