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How to Change the Display Language in Windows 7

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Open Display Language Settings in Control Panel
Search for Change Display Language in Windows 7

Instead of going through the Control Panel, we'll search for the Change Display Language using Windows search.

If you live in an English-speaking country and purchased a PC at your local computer retailer or online, chances are you are running an english version of Windows 7.

However if you're native language is something other than english and you prefer to use Windows 7 in your native language you do have the option of changing the display language for the operating system.

In this guide we're going to focus on changing the display language in Windows 7 to one of the 30+ languages supported by Microsoft's latest operating system.

I used Windows 7 Ultimate for this guide, but the instructions apply to all Windows 7 editions.

1. To get started you will need to click the Start (Windows Logo) button to open the Start Menu.

2. When the Start Menu opens, enter "change display language" without the quotes, in the Windows search box.

3. A list of search results will appear in the Start menu, click Change display language from the list.

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