English/Thai

[MangoKorat]

I'm bringing a secondhand Dell touchscreen laptop over for use by a Thai national. It has a new copy of W11 installed but not yet set up.  When I turned it on I am asked if the UK is the correct country - I don't know if that's because W11 was loaded in the UK or the laptop knew where it was from the Wifi signal (although I didn't connect it to the Wifi. 

 

I decided to leave it until I am actually in Thailand and then run the set up.  At that time, if I select Thailand as the country, will it set up the Thai version or do I have to run the English set up and then change the language to Thai? The user is competent in both languages but will be dealing with customers in Thai.  They are not fully competent in setting up a computer though so from my point of view, it would be easier to run the set up in English myself and then just change the language - or will that not change everything? W11 was loaded by the supplier so I don't even know if it will allow a Thai set up.

 

As for the keyboard, can I just get a set of Thai stickers or would a Thai USB keyboard be better?

[BigStar]

52 minutes ago, MangoKorat said:

At that time, if I select Thailand as the country, will it set up the Thai version or do I have to run the English set up and then change the language to Thai?

 

It asked you in English already. The issue is your locale for the date & time, not everything.

 

You can change the interface language to Thai later.

 

54 minutes ago, MangoKorat said:

it would be easier to run the set up in English myself and then just change the language

 

Do that.

 

55 minutes ago, MangoKorat said:

As for the keyboard, can I just get a set of Thai stickers or would a Thai USB keyboard be better?

 

Depends on how extensively Thai is going to be used for typing. Stickers are better suited for casual use. An external keyboard isn't an uncommon peripheral for a laptop in any case.