[quote=“housecat”]I had a great church in K-town, but there’s not much in chang hua. Just started an on-line Bible study with some friends and . . . .
Anyway, I went home at lunch to clean a bit before the cleaning lady came (Whole nother issue–I know–but my son had flu last week and the place was a disaster area). I went to try to check out my OS and stuff–to make sure I remember correctly to tell you guys, but . . .
Apparently, the guy here at school has installed a new, and somewhat less than legal, OS. Thing was, they wanted me to use my own computer here to write class lessons and materials–because they didn’t have any computers with an English OS–but I didn’t have office, or PP, which I needed. This guy at school had an older copy of office, in English, that was, again, somewhat less than legal, but it wouldn’t run on my newer OS. So, seems like he solved that problem by installing the different OS.
Now, I’m not at all tech savy and I didn’t stand over him. I don’t have any idea what’s up with the screaming and where that fits into anything. I’m thinking that microsoft is blocking the OS, though, as it now says on the desk top that the OS isn’t valid. Anyway, the comupter guy here (who eventually set this computer up for me here) confirmed by phone that he made those changes to my personal computer, but he isn’t here today.
I bought the thing at 3C. Has the computer guy voided any warranty by changing the OS? I would think he has. I don’t have a copy of the original OS that was put onto the computer–because it’s not likely legal anyway–because at first they told me they didn’t have an English OS to put on it, then had a little talk and changed their minds.
I’m running Avast antivirus and scanned the entire systme just 2 days ago. It found nothing.
So, is there a 3C in Chang Hua? If I take it there, could they fix it?
Thanks. For (almost) everything.
Though some of this stuff is quite off topic, and maybe even quite funny, I just really wanna know how to fix my computer.[/quote]
Ouch. It looks like a software problem - specifically your operating system. Even if you can fix your current problem, you are not getting any updates to Windows, and you really need those.
I recommend getting a legal copy of Windows 7 Home Premium in ENGLISH and installing over your current system. Maybe some online stores in the US ship to Taiwan. Although, if the guys at 3C are willing to install Windows 7 Ultimate, you should be able to get the operating system to switch from Chinese to English. AFAIK, that’s the only way to get a Chinese version of Windows 7 to switch over to an English version.
Oh, and by the way, the 3C people were the first cause of your problem. THEY are the ones who installed a ‘faulty’ version of windows in the first place. They should be able to upgrade you to Windows 7 Ultimate and then do the switch to English for only a little extra money (50 USD?).
Having said that, I’ve never done this, so I cannot tell you if the above is the best approach.
Anyone else have a better idea?
EDIT: just saw the point that you have a notebook. If you can restore the original operating system and then upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate… that might be the cheapest option. Ask the 3C people how much they would charge you.