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Received the new disc and installed the OS as an upgrade. The arabic is gone. The disc says it is MCE 2005, but when I open System in Control Panel, it still says MCE 2002. Not a big deal because everything appears to be in English again.

So is the solution to buy a new copy in English and reinstall it? Will a new copy reinstall over it? Do I have MCE 2002 or 2005 (see my post 8-18 at 11:01AM)? The TweakUI says I have build 2600.xpsp_sp2_ddr.070227-2254 (Service Pack 2). I wouldn't want to buy a version that did not install...

I could see that if it were primarily Arabic, but the Arabic is only in a few places. Everywhere else it is in English. That's what is really wierd. The language readings say it's in English.

I bought mine from eBay. Windows validated my copy of Windows, so I think it is legitimate. I do notice that when I open System from Control Panel, it says I have Windows MCE 2002, but the sticker on the bottom says MCE 2005. I used the key from the sticker after I reinstalled and Microsoft...

I am having the same issue after a reinstall from c:\i386. I was thinking of copying the mstask.ini file from another pc. I also get some dialog boxes in Arabic.