>>>>>Hi everybody,
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>>>>>I have a computer that was used previously by the person from China. I see a dialog pops up with C:\WINDOWS\system32\spupdsvc.exe
>>>>>in English and the rest in Chinese. Do you know what this may mean?
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>>>>The exe is used by the MS online update service.
>>>>And it probably means you will either have to learn Chinese or install a US version of Windows :-}
>>>
>>>Can I just change the language there? I don't want to re-install anything.
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>>If the OS version is Chinese then you'd have to reinstall.....
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>I haven't checked it in details, perhaps it is just an extra language added. I was trying to remove Chinese language today from the list of languages in Control Panel, but it was said it is currently used and could be removed only after re-start.
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>How exactly can I tell which version of Windows is installed? The menu (Start, Programs, etc.) was all in English, just few dialogs were in Chinese.

What is the OS (as in XP,W2000 etc) ?
If you were accesssing the 'Regional & Language Options' settings via the control panel I thought you could still remove a language even if it was currently selected. What languages are listed in the 'Text Services & Input Languages' settings (I think this is common to all OS's) - try adding (if ness) and selecting the English(United States) option and making that the default. But if you are getting Chinese in the low level API messages then I'd assume the OS version for that language was installed......