language settings

Hi! I just got a new PC with preinstalled Windows 10 version 1903 (188362-535) I use the regular French Canada Qwerty CAFR keyboard, like most people in Quebec and Eastern Canada Is is listed in my others Windows 10 PC traybar as CAFR. At this point I just cannot work with my new PC, because...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17017 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and for those who opted in to Skip Ahead. Going forward, we plan to release new builds for RS4 from the RS_PRERELEASE branch to Insiders in the Fast ring and those...

so, for a day or 2 ive been facing a problem where I cant type in American English (so called usa qwerty English) if I don't use caps, currently I am using british English, which is weird because @ and " are reversed and the there is no hastag sign from what I see, I use Hebrew too but that...

Starting with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft Edge will support the Speech Synthesis APIs defined in the W3C Web Speech API Specification. These APIs allow websites to convert text to audible speech with customizable voice and language settings. With them, website developers can add...

A client is using an XP system until he retires from his business at the end of this year. He cannot risk upgrading or replacing his pc because his main database is custom built and cannot be replaced. Just recently the content of his "Explorer" is reading from right to left. I have enclosed an...

This is more than trying my patience. I had Chinese relatives visit a couple of years ago and installed the Chinese language pack so they could use the computer. Before they left they turned it back to English as I could not read anything on the computer (Sony Viao Win 8.1). Now, I've...

hello, i need help. when i upgraded my win 8.1 to win 10 the system language was set to greek by the installation i have tried several times to set it to english ( google and youtube videos ) but no luck. now i have removed the english keyboard i left the laptop for a few minuetes and it...

One thing I am really having problems with is getting “Cortana” to function. I have a Toshiba is Qosmio X500-116 (only computer that I have upgraded to Windows 10), It has a built in Mic, I have changed the language to English US (I understand English UK version is not ready yet for running...

Hello. I'm currently using Windows 8.1. I bought my laptop from Japan so I had to change the language of the system. I was able to change the welcome screen, toolbar, regional, keyboard layout, and other language-related stuff. However, when I go to the welcome screen, the Desktop tab still...

My Windows 8.1 is in Finnish. But Movie Maker and Photo Gallery that were apparently installed together with it are in Danish. I do not speak Danish, and I don't want my OS to make unwanted language selections for me. So how can I change them from Danish to Finnish, or even to English?

Hey all, So I just tried to change my system region/language from Taiwan (Traditional Chinese) to English (US). Upon restarting my computer's screen wouldn't show up on my Samsung Syncmaster P2770. I thought it was doing final adjustments or something so I let it sit there for 5 minutes, then...

Hi all, I have pasted some English alphabet OpenType font files into control panel / appearance and personalisation / fonts but they do not show up in the fonts folder. If I try to paste the files again it tells me "the gotham light file font is already installed - do you want to replace it?"...

Hi, i just updated my Windows 8.1 when I restarted my PC. When I was going to login, it was just a black screen. If you are in the login screen, the selected language in the right left corner and the internet connection in the left corner. Both of those two signs are flickering in the corners...

Hello. I am using a Dell laptop with Windows 8 Home. The file Properties show strange symbol-type characters where there should be numbers etc. See Screenshot... This character problem has existed for a while, more than 6 months I guess. 1) Antivirus scans are clean. 2) All Region and...

Ever since I updated to Windows 8.1, my Dell Inspiron 15S cannot type any language except for English; I have tried to find a solution for hours to no avail. Almost all helps recommend that I simply "add a language on setting" or "reinstall language pack," which I have done so many time. It...

Hello, I have a very weird problem. I live in Brazil and my PC is using WIN 7 PT-BR, meaning that everything in the system is in PT-BR. Now to my problem - related to numbers: In English (EN) we use to write numbers like this: 1.00 or 1,000.00 (using the decimal point "." ). In Portuguese we...

I defined one input keyboard (Spanish LatinAmerican) which is not English. Though I would like to keep the option to use as an exception the English keyboard. However sometimes the computer changes the input keyboard into the English one. And more rarely it changes to another keyboard...

This article describes the Regional and Language Settings options in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2. Also, in this article you can find the method to modify the settings using an xml based answer file.... Link Removed - Invalid URL

This article describes the Regional and Language Settings options in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2. Also, in this article you can find the method to modify the settings using an xml based answer file.... Link Removed

Introduces two methods that you can try if you cannot use hot keys to switch between input languages . Link Removed