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Where does Windows 2000 and XP keep its information about country/regionand language in their registry?



 
 
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Old May 30th 06, 09:37 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.apps,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsme.general,microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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Default Where does Windows 2000 and XP keep its information about country/regionand language in their registry?

Hello,

Where does Windows 98, 98 SE, and Me store their country/region and
language datas in their registries? I am not having luck in determining
what keys have these information.

At first, I thought it was HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
Panel\International\ with Locale, but I don't think this it. Basically,
I just need to check the country/region and language what Windows is
using via a software checker. This is for both English and localized
operating systems.

Thank you in advance.
--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Email: YMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
-----------------------------------------------------
Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer. Thank you.
  #2  
Old May 30th 06, 10:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.apps,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsme.general,microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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Default Where does Windows 2000 and XP keep its information about country/region and language in their registry?

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInfo rmation

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Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com
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Catalog of removal tools (1)
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"Phillip Pi" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Where does Windows 98, 98 SE, and Me store their country/region and
language datas in their registries? I am not having luck in determining
what keys have these information.

At first, I thought it was HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
Panel\International\ with Locale, but I don't think this it. Basically,
I just need to check the country/region and language what Windows is
using via a software checker. This is for both English and localized
operating systems.

Thank you in advance.
--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Email: YMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
-----------------------------------------------------
Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer. Thank you.



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Old May 30th 06, 10:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.apps,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsme.general,microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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Default Where does Windows 2000 and XP keep its information about country/region and language in their registry?

wrong wrong wrong working from memory isnt good
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control

and its somewhere in there

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Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com
Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
use
Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
_
"AlmostBob" wrote in message
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HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInfo rmation

--
-
Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com
Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
use
Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
_
"Phillip Pi" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Where does Windows 98, 98 SE, and Me store their country/region and
language datas in their registries? I am not having luck in determining
what keys have these information.

At first, I thought it was HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
Panel\International\ with Locale, but I don't think this it. Basically,
I just need to check the country/region and language what Windows is
using via a software checker. This is for both English and localized
operating systems.

Thank you in advance.
--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Email: YMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
-----------------------------------------------------
Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer. Thank you.





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Old May 31st 06, 12:51 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.apps,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsme.general,microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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Default Where does Windows 98 and ME keep its information about country/regionand language in their registry?

Oops, forgot to change the title to 98 and ME since I posted in XP and
2000 newsgroups with similiar questions.


On 5/30/2006 1:37 PM PT, Phillip Pi wrote:

Hello,

Where does Windows 98, 98 SE, and Me store their country/region and
language datas in their registries? I am not having luck in determining
what keys have these information.

At first, I thought it was HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
Panel\International\ with Locale, but I don't think this it. Basically,
I just need to check the country/region and language what Windows is
using via a software checker. This is for both English and localized
operating systems.

Thank you in advance.

--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Email: YMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
-----------------------------------------------------
Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer. Thank you.
  #5  
Old May 31st 06, 02:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.apps,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsme.general,microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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Default Where does Windows 98 and ME keep its information about country/region and language in their registry?

I think you'll find that info is held in WIN.INI (at least as far as WinMe
is concerned)

Mart


"Phillip Pi" wrote in message
...
Oops, forgot to change the title to 98 and ME since I posted in XP and
2000 newsgroups with similiar questions.


On 5/30/2006 1:37 PM PT, Phillip Pi wrote:

Hello,

Where does Windows 98, 98 SE, and Me store their country/region and
language datas in their registries? I am not having luck in determining
what keys have these information.

At first, I thought it was HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\
with Locale, but I don't think this it. Basically, I just need to check
the country/region and language what Windows is using via a software
checker. This is for both English and localized operating systems.

Thank you in advance.

--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Email: YMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
-----------------------------------------------------
Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer. Thank you.



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Old May 31st 06, 08:53 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.apps,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsme.general,microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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Default Where does Windows 98 and ME keep its information about country/region and language in their registry?

On Tue, 30 May 2006 16:51:07 -0700, Phillip Pi
put finger to keyboard and composed:

Oops, forgot to change the title to 98 and ME since I posted in XP and
2000 newsgroups with similiar questions.


On 5/30/2006 1:37 PM PT, Phillip Pi wrote:

Hello,

Where does Windows 98, 98 SE, and Me store their country/region and
language datas in their registries? I am not having luck in determining
what keys have these information.

At first, I thought it was HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
Panel\International\ with Locale, but I don't think this it. Basically,
I just need to check the country/region and language what Windows is
using via a software checker. This is for both English and localized
operating systems.

Thank you in advance.


Win98SE writes these settings to win.ini.

It also stores them in the registry at these keys:

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International]
"Locale"="00000C09"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Nls\Locale

I notice that if I change the currency symbol, say, for my selected
region (Australia) to something other than the default, this choice is
recorded as follows:

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International]
"Locale"="00000C09"
"sCurrency"="€"

The above example is the result of changing from a $ symbol to the
Euro.

BTW, you can determine where in the registry certain settings are
stored by comparing the registry before and after you make the
changes.

- Franc Zabkar
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Old May 31st 06, 11:43 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.apps,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsme.general,microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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Default Where does Windows 98 and ME keep its information about country/region and language in their registry?

To go along with Franc's final comment, there is a software program named
RegView that will take a snapshot of your registry. You can then make
changes and RegView will compare the current registry to the snapshot and
identify everything that has changed. http://www.regview.com/regview/

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"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 30 May 2006 16:51:07 -0700, Phillip Pi
put finger to keyboard and composed:

Oops, forgot to change the title to 98 and ME since I posted in XP and
2000 newsgroups with similiar questions.


On 5/30/2006 1:37 PM PT, Phillip Pi wrote:

Hello,

Where does Windows 98, 98 SE, and Me store their country/region and
language datas in their registries? I am not having luck in determining
what keys have these information.

At first, I thought it was HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
Panel\International\ with Locale, but I don't think this it. Basically,
I just need to check the country/region and language what Windows is
using via a software checker. This is for both English and localized
operating systems.

Thank you in advance.


Win98SE writes these settings to win.ini.

It also stores them in the registry at these keys:

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International]
"Locale"="00000C09"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Nls\Locale

I notice that if I change the currency symbol, say, for my selected
region (Australia) to something other than the default, this choice is
recorded as follows:

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International]
"Locale"="00000C09"
"sCurrency"="?"

The above example is the result of changing from a $ symbol to the
Euro.

BTW, you can determine where in the registry certain settings are
stored by comparing the registry before and after you make the
changes.

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.



  #8  
Old May 31st 06, 10:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.apps,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsme.general,microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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Default Where does Windows 98 and ME keep its information about country/regionand language in their registry?

On 5/31/2006 3:43 AM PT, Ron Badour wrote:


To go along with Franc's final comment, there is a software program named
RegView that will take a snapshot of your registry. You can then make
changes and RegView will compare the current registry to the snapshot and
identify everything that has changed. http://www.regview.com/regview/


Thanks all.I will look into them.
--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Email: YMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
-----------------------------------------------------
Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer. Thank you.
 




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