"CL" <flothru@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> Marvel wrote:
>> When in Japan on the network
>> The ISP is Japanese and when I Google something Internet Explorer 7 
>> automatically brings up the Japanese page.
>>
>> How to get the English version of stuff?.
>>
>> I don't want the Japanese versions
>>
>>  running Vista.
>
> Uninstall Vista and replace it with an OS that works.  At the very least, 
> use a real web browser like Firefox.
>
> ... and you can also force your location setting to US and English ... 
> somehow, but not being a WIN or IE user, I don't know the secret handshake 
> nor the magic incantation you recite while you twist the Magic Decoder 
> Ring.
>
> In Firefox, it's three clicks of the mouse ...
>
> -- 
> CL
>
>
CL,

Thanks for the swift and information packed reply.

At least now I know the problem can be solved by shouting at the monitor and 
banging the console.