Changing Operating Language In Xp Pro

[haybilly]

I have used the Search function but cannot find anything regarding my particular problem--so, here goes:

I recently took my daughter's P.C. into a city centre P.C. repair centre [ a good one it seems] and asked them to do a clean re-install of XP as I had tried unsuccessfully to do this--I specified that, being a 'farang' I would need the chosen language to be English--so far so good--the computer was sorted and 'mostly' is in English--however, there are some annoying things that are still in Thai--the date/time function shows Thai months, and certain programs that have been installed since it returned are showing all the context menus in Thai--not being a Thai lang. reader this makes for doing any maintenance, making adjustments etc...fairly tricky--I have deleted Thai from the language bar choices and even put a tick where it advises users from Asian languages to be wary since ' it would disable support for languages from S.E. Asia ' or some similar jargon---anyone know what else I can do to stop the dam_n thing displaying some stuff in Thai???

P.S. Could a Mod please add the missing 'P' in Topic title, please.

Edited May 27, 2009 by haybilly

[wxpwzrd]

In the control panel, look for regional settings and make sure all of them are pointing to US choices.

[monty]

You have to set the location of your computer to the US (or another country).

As long as this is set to Thailand, date/time will be in Thai format, and for example many drivers/software bought in Thailand will install automatically in the Thai language.

[haybilly]

In the control panel, look for regional settings and make sure all of them are pointing to US choices.

Aha--I missed that setting--thanks a zillion--that must be why they call you XP Wizard!

[opalhort]

You have to set the location of your computer to the US (or another country).

As long as this is set to Thailand, date/time will be in Thai format, and for example many drivers/software bought in Thailand will install automatically in the Thai language.

My PCs are set to English(US) settings and formats but location is listed as Thailand and I have no problem about date etc., all is in English since you can specify it in the regional settings.

opalhort

[wxpwzrd]

My PCs are set to English(US) settings and formats but location is listed as Thailand and I have no problem about date etc., all is in English since you can specify it in the regional settings.

opalhort

The location setting, although I have never seen it in action, is claimed to supply local information from websites, etc. It is Standards and Formats that have the impact on XP displays. I am not even sure who or what uses the Location setting, except maybe some Microsoft sponsored sites.