Language Problems & Upgrading

Hi all,
This is my first post so I hope someone can assist. I recently bought a new
PC which came with Vista Home Premuium pre-loaded. I live and work in France
so naturally it is the French version. With my old PC which had the UK
version of Windows 2000, I used to use Dragon Naturally Speaking SR software
which was great. Clearly the new PC will not support this software and
although my version of Vista has SR software built-in it only recognises
French so not much use to me writing reports in English!

I believe that I can upgrade to Vista Ultimate which has other language
packs. So my question is this: Can I simply (?) buy a UK version of Ultimate
and upgrade my current system so that I can then use the SR software and
write in English & if I do this will it wipe my hard drive. Any other advice
about this would be VERY much appreciated. Oh, and by the way I am not a PC
wizard so please keep answers written in plain english! Thanks again. Gérard

To put it simply - you cannot upgrade and change languages at the same time.
You would need to upgrade in the current language (French to French) THEN
change languages.

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"Bête Noire" <Bête > wrote in message
news:5DAF5CBE-6C76-44A7-958A-...
> Hi all,
> This is my first post so I hope someone can assist. I recently bought a
> new
> PC which came with Vista Home Premuium pre-loaded. I live and work in
> France
> so naturally it is the French version. With my old PC which had the UK
> version of Windows 2000, I used to use Dragon Naturally Speaking SR
> software
> which was great. Clearly the new PC will not support this software and
> although my version of Vista has SR software built-in it only recognises
> French so not much use to me writing reports in English!
>
> I believe that I can upgrade to Vista Ultimate which has other language
> packs. So my question is this: Can I simply (?) buy a UK version of
> Ultimate
> and upgrade my current system so that I can then use the SR software and
> write in English & if I do this will it wipe my hard drive. Any other
> advice
> about this would be VERY much appreciated. Oh, and by the way I am not a
> PC
> wizard so please keep answers written in plain english! Thanks again.
> Gérard

=?Utf-8?B?QsOqdGUgTm9pcmU=?= <Bête >
wrote in news:5DAF5CBE-6C76-44A7-958A-:

> Hi all,
> This is my first post so I hope someone can assist.

You ****ing idiot. LOL.. This about your 50th post. The majority of them
are asking for help. The rest of your posts are praising Vista for it's
greatness. Sever retardadtion.

> "Bête Noire" <Bête > wrote in message
> news:5DAF5CBE-6C76-44A7-958A-...
>> Hi all,
>> This is my first post so I hope someone can assist. I recently bought a
>> new
>> PC which came with Vista Home Premuium pre-loaded. I live and work in
>> France
>> so naturally it is the French version. With my old PC which had the UK
>> version of Windows 2000, I used to use Dragon Naturally Speaking SR
>> software
>> which was great. Clearly the new PC will not support this software and

Did you try to install DNS? I am running version 7 on Vista.

/M

Hi,
Yes I did try to install DNS. I have V9 Prefferred. Does this make a
difference?

"Mingus" wrote:

>
> > "Bête Noire" <Bête > wrote in message
> > news:5DAF5CBE-6C76-44A7-958A-...
> >> Hi all,
> >> This is my first post so I hope someone can assist. I recently bought a
> >> new
> >> PC which came with Vista Home Premuium pre-loaded. I live and work in
> >> France
> >> so naturally it is the French version. With my old PC which had the UK
> >> version of Windows 2000, I used to use Dragon Naturally Speaking SR
> >> software
> >> which was great. Clearly the new PC will not support this software and
>
> Did you try to install DNS? I am running version 7 on Vista.
>
> /M
>
>
>
>

Thanks Richard. I'll look out for the French Ultimate upgrade.

"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

> To put it simply - you cannot upgrade and change languages at the same time.
> You would need to upgrade in the current language (French to French) THEN
> change languages.
>
> --
> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
> * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
> * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "Bête Noire" <Bête > wrote in message
> news:5DAF5CBE-6C76-44A7-958A-...
> > Hi all,
> > This is my first post so I hope someone can assist. I recently bought a
> > new
> > PC which came with Vista Home Premuium pre-loaded. I live and work in
> > France
> > so naturally it is the French version. With my old PC which had the UK
> > version of Windows 2000, I used to use Dragon Naturally Speaking SR
> > software
> > which was great. Clearly the new PC will not support this software and
> > although my version of Vista has SR software built-in it only recognises
> > French so not much use to me writing reports in English!
> >
> > I believe that I can upgrade to Vista Ultimate which has other language
> > packs. So my question is this: Can I simply (?) buy a UK version of
> > Ultimate
> > and upgrade my current system so that I can then use the SR software and
> > write in English & if I do this will it wipe my hard drive. Any other
> > advice
> > about this would be VERY much appreciated. Oh, and by the way I am not a
> > PC
> > wizard so please keep answers written in plain english! Thanks again.
> > Gérard
>
>

"Bête Noire" <> wrote in message
news:2A3D6F77-6566-4486-B8DD-...
> Hi,
> Yes I did try to install DNS. I have V9 Prefferred. Does this make a
> difference?

No - if I can install and use V7 Preferred without any problems, you should
be able to install V9...

What was the problem? Did you try to install as Administrator - or with XP
compatibilty?

/M

>
> "Mingus" wrote:
>
>>
>> > "Bête Noire" <Bête > wrote in message
>> > news:5DAF5CBE-6C76-44A7-958A-...
>> >> Hi all,
>> >> This is my first post so I hope someone can assist. I recently bought
>> >> a
>> >> new
>> >> PC which came with Vista Home Premuium pre-loaded. I live and work in
>> >> France
>> >> so naturally it is the French version. With my old PC which had the UK
>> >> version of Windows 2000, I used to use Dragon Naturally Speaking SR
>> >> software
>> >> which was great. Clearly the new PC will not support this software and
>>
>> Did you try to install DNS? I am running version 7 on Vista.

I have tried to install under my own ID (not administrator as I'm not sure
how to do this) and I get the message that V9 will operate only on 'Windows
2000, XP or Windows 2003 Server' so not sure what to do now.

"Mingus" wrote:

>
> "Bête Noire" <> wrote in message
> news:2A3D6F77-6566-4486-B8DD-...
> > Hi,
> > Yes I did try to install DNS. I have V9 Prefferred. Does this make a
> > difference?
>
> No - if I can install and use V7 Preferred without any problems, you should
> be able to install V9...
>
> What was the problem? Did you try to install as Administrator - or with XP
> compatibilty?
>
> /M
>
> >
> > "Mingus" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> > "Bête Noire" <Bête > wrote in message
> >> > news:5DAF5CBE-6C76-44A7-958A-...
> >> >> Hi all,
> >> >> This is my first post so I hope someone can assist. I recently bought
> >> >> a
> >> >> new
> >> >> PC which came with Vista Home Premuium pre-loaded. I live and work in
> >> >> France
> >> >> so naturally it is the French version. With my old PC which had the UK
> >> >> version of Windows 2000, I used to use Dragon Naturally Speaking SR
> >> >> software
> >> >> which was great. Clearly the new PC will not support this software and
> >>
> >> Did you try to install DNS? I am running version 7 on Vista.
>
>

"Bête Noire" <> wrote in message
news:92B12E51-E8A7-4BD4-AECD-...
>I have tried to install under my own ID (not administrator as I'm not sure
> how to do this) and I get the message that V9 will operate only on
> 'Windows
> 2000, XP or Windows 2003 Server' so not sure what to do now.

Try this:

Right-click on the installer file (setup.exe, install.exe...) and select
Properties (Propriétés).

Cilck on the Compatibilté tab, and check Exécuter le programme en mode de
compatibilité pour : Windows XP. Should work.

HTH,
/M


>
> "Mingus" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Bête Noire" <> wrote in message
>> news:2A3D6F77-6566-4486-B8DD-...
>> > Hi,
>> > Yes I did try to install DNS. I have V9 Prefferred. Does this make a
>> > difference?
>>
>> No - if I can install and use V7 Preferred without any problems, you
>> should
>> be able to install V9...
>>
>> What was the problem? Did you try to install as Administrator - or with
>> XP
>> compatibilty?