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

[Phillip Pi]

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. :)
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[AlmostBob]

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInfo rmation

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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
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> views of my employer. Thank you.

[AlmostBob]

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

and its somewhere in there

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Catalog of removal tools (1)
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http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387
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"AlmostBob" > wrote in message
...
> HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInfo rmation
>
> --
> -
> Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
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> 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/newsinfo/collateral.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
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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
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> > expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
> > views of my employer. Thank you.
>
>

[Phillip Pi]

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
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[Mart]

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: (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
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> expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
> views of my employer. Thank you.

[Franc Zabkar]

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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[Ron Badour]

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.

[Phillip Pi]

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. :)
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Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
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