Questions tagged [regional-settings]
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windows 11 regional time settings revert to default
After starting windows 11 for the first time the time was presented like this "9:22 PM" instead of "21:00". I changed the regional settings to 24h and it was OK until I restarted ...
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Windows 11: How to remove English as an input language, but keep as display language and preferred language?
This is basically a duplicate of this question, but for Windows 11.
I would like to use English (US) as my display language and it should also be the preferred language for apps.
However, the PC ...
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How to set Windows 11 Active Hours 24h format?
I have these settings:
I want to have this settings (and similar ones, if they exist) in 24-hour format BUT ALSO keep my display language English.
My Clock setting is already German / 24h.
Is there a ...
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Why I have another Arabic keyboard in windows 10 or 11? [duplicate]
I am using Windows 11 with English language and an Arabic (Libya) keyboard.
But some how I found an Arabic (Saudi Arabia) keyboard added.
Unfortunately, it doesn't appear in Language & Region ...
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Switch Microsoft Office user interface language to English
I have this big problem, that Office 365 switched to Polish user interface some time ago.
And the problem is, that I cannot set it back to English, no matter what I do.
I'm Polish and I've paid for ...
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Delete old Window Display Language after upgrading WIndows 10 Home SL to Windows 10 Pro
I upgraded my account license to Windows 10 Pro from a Windows 10 Home Single Language GB version.
I want to completely remove GB (British English) from my Display Languages but I can not do so.
I ...
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History/explanation for "time zones" on Windows
Not sure if superuser.com is the proper StackExchange site to ask this question; if not, refer me to the most appropriate of the sites.
What is the origin of the time zones that come with Windows? For ...
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Set Windows 10 Long Date, with capitalized month word
I'm using Portuguese format in region and language settings. In Windows 7 i have the following long date example: "segunda-feira, 13 de Setembro de 2021", but in Windows 10 i have the month ...
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How can I prevent Excel from converting alphanumeric fields to dates?
I'm exporting alphanumeric data from a SharePoint list (single line of text datatype), but when my Excel desktop app opens the file, it changes "7-3" to "07/03/2021" and displays ...
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How to add languages/regional settings without adding keyboard layouts in Windows 10?
My setup is this.
Country or region: Russia
Regional format: English (United Kingdom)
Display language: English (US)
Input methods: English (US), Russian
With the newer Windows builds, when I set ...
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Excel automatically assumes a date+time format and when choosing text format it generates an unrelated number
How can I format a cell in Excel to show time and date, with milliseconds, I have tried using :
(jjjj-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.000)
Here's the raw CSV:
2021-02-11 17:32:43.177
2021-02-11 17:32:43.912
2021-02-...
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Excel date format changes with different regional settings (2020-08-01 to 2020.08.01)
I searched most of the posts, but there is no solution to my problem.
This is what I tried using Excel 365 with English Windows Machine:
And this is what I get when I open the file with Excel 365 on ...
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Some websites know my nationality (spooky)
Websites can tell what country you are from, nothing unusual about this. But several years ago I moved to the US and bought a new desktop computer (built it myself from parts I bought from amazon, all ...
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Stop sites from automatically changing language
I live in Belgium, which has two (3) official languages, this causes sites to act funky.
I am Dutch speaking, and prefer to read in English.
However, because of my region and because of French being ...
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How to disable automatic capitalization in Windows 10's Mail app?
I have disabled autocorrect in Windows' Typing settings:
When I write an e-mail in English and include some French sentences, random lowercase words become capitalized automatically, as if they were ...
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