How do I change the language in Vista?

I′m an American living in Costa Rica, and today I bought a new laptop. The problem is it came with Vista in Spanish. How can I change it to English? I tried the language bar settings, but that only changed the keyboard. I need to change the system language. Please Help!How do I change the language in Vista?
The display language is the language that Windows uses in wizards, dialog boxes, menus, Help and Support topics, and other items in the user interface. Some display languages are installed by default, and others require you to install additional language files. English should be pre-installed.



When you change the display language, it is changed for your user account and is not changed on the Welcome screen. If you want to set the display language for multiple users or the Welcome screen, you need to apply the settings to all users. I will discuss that at the end of this document.





1. ---%26gt; Open Regional and Language Options by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking ';Clock, Language, and Region'; and english from the list, and then click OK.



Note: If you don't see the list of display languages, you need to install additional language files first. If that is the case it requires more instruction, however it should not be a problem.





When you change the display language to English, the text in menus and dialog boxes for some programs might not be in the language that you want. This happens because the program might not support Unicode. Again this is an item that can be addressed if need be. Most software and modern webs handle Unicode.



To apply the settings to the desktop and default users, -? Open Regional and Language Options by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking “Clock, Language, and Region” and then clicking Regional and Language Options.



2. Click the Administrative tab, and then click Copy to reserved accounts. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.



3. Do one of the following:



? To copy the current settings to the default user account, select the Default user account (new users) check box. The default account is used as a template for creating new user accounts. This setting allows administrators to set the default format, keyboard layout, and display language for new users. Any user account created on the computer after the settings have been copied to the default user account has these settings applied to it. Existing user accounts are not affected.



? To copy the current settings to the system accounts, select the System accounts (local system, local service, and network service) check box. The system accounts are special accounts used by Windows services. This setting allows administrators to specify a display language and keyboard layout for the Welcome screen. It also sets the display language for users who have not specified a display.