"MonkeyBoy" <somewildmonkey@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> Not sure if I understood your situation exactly, but instead of buying
> a new machine to run your English OS, why not obtain XP (by whatever
> method you choose) and dual boot one of your exisiting machines?  Ive
> done this on one machine with  Japanese and English versions of Windows
> 2000, but not sure how well it goes with XP.
>
Yes Dual boot is the way to go... good call MonkeyBoy