It is just about impossible to buy a genuine English version here in China. Microsoft make it so difficult to buy one anyway, I thought the best way to buy a genuine version would be to download it from the Microsft website. I have an international VISA card, America Dollars, or British Pounds, but I am not allowed to buy it because I live in China. So it seems the only way to get the operating system is the Chinese way,that,it seems is what Microsoft want me to do. How strange. Paul Hogan.