How to change language on Vista Home Basic

[dual321]

I just got a new laptop. I recently moved back to china, but sadly I dont speak chinese. Is there anyway I can change the OS to English without having to reinstall the whole thing? I know Vista Ultimate has a language pack you can install to do so, but I was unable to find one for Home Basic edition. If anyone knows how, your help will be much appriciated.

Thank You.

 

[pat mcgroin]

control panel|regional and language

 

[GhislainG]

Even if you had the Ultimate version, you'd most likely need to reinstall because a language pack to go from Chinese to English probably isn't available.