regional settings

I have a very simple use of Excel but I love it. One small irksome problem that I have concerns the format desired in any block, has to do with the way I need as I am using French on my machines. I like dd-mm-yy format and Excel keeps it fine for 22 lines of any month. Then no go on my elected...

Microsoft's incremental dismantling of the classic Control Panel continued this week with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27928, as Microsoft moves several legacy time, language and regional controls into the modern Settings app — a small but meaningful step in a migration that has quietly...

The release of the June 2025 Windows non-security preview update, designated KB5060829 and building the operating system to version 26100.4484, signals Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to iterative quality improvements for Windows 11, version 24H2. This update—available across all editions—does...

Have you ever looked at the date on your Windows 11 device and thought: "Whose calendar is this?" If you’ve recently set up a shiny new Windows 11 system and the date format seems alien—like “12/31/2025” instead of “31/12/2025” or vice versa—it’s likely your regional settings got misconfigured...

Hi, I have a new HP laptop with Windows 10 (Home). Cortana works via text and voice. I'm trying to make it play music. I do have Spotify which I understand is the only main streaming service available. In all explanations how to enable Spotify I have to get to Cortana Notebook via search or via...

Win 10 v1902(2) updated ok this morning and snip shortcut "Win logo + shift + S" not working. Gives rapid flashing between 2 yellow pop ups, keyboards Eng UK and Eng US. I only have Eng UK in preferred language. Also the delivery of key stroke to printed letter is wrong with @ should be ", #...

If you change your country or region for Microsoft Store, stuff you got in one region might not work in another. Continue reading...

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Anyone managed to get Cortana to respond to voice commands in the UK? Working absolutely fine on my wife's laptop, but on mine it says it is restricted by my region's settings - yet I have made sure the settings are both identical! Everything is set to UK English, and I have installed the UK...

I had the problem since i started using Win 10 Insider Preview and even after upgrading to Build 10240. So, i wasn't able to download anything from MS Store. Then i found out that changing region from my country (Serbia) to USA can fix the issue, and it really worked. But since today i get the...

I am unable to install any apps from the store after installing W10 (upgrade from 8.1) Download starts, then "acquiring license" comes up followed by "try again later" with an error code ; 0x803F7003. Could it be anything to do with me being in Finland and having my region set to UK? Any...

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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...

Hi, Could someone please tell me what the difference, if any, there are between installing an original English version of Windows 7 (or 8 for that matter) and installing an English Language Pack through Windows Update? So far, I just understand that I need either an Ultimate or Enterprise...

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...

Hello, I stay in India. I was using Windows 7 and Office 2010. In the regional settings in Windows 7, I had selected "English (India)" and therefore, Excel 2010 was putting the thousands' separator as per the Indian Rules. In Windows 8 also, I've selected "English (India)" in my regional...

Hi to all i just built a new pc everyting went real good for.my first build except for this key board issue im having when i press the lettet (a) it inputs [ . And when i press (u) it inputs e dont know why i went to region and its all correct us/en it a older keyboard ps2 the driver points...

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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