Changing Regional Settings in Windows 95

To change locale conventions after Windows 95 is installed, use the Regional Settings option in Control Panel. This option sets the default system formats for country, language, date, time, currency, and numbers. You can also customize these formats.

To change regional settings in Windows 95

In the Regional Settings option in Control Panel, click a tab to define settings for that property, as summarized in the following list. When settings are as you want them, click OK.

Properties tab	Description
Regional Settings	Specifies the regional settings you want, to automatically define how dates, times, currency, and numbers are displayed and sorted.
Number	Specifies how numbers are displayed (including the decimal character used), how digits are grouped, and how negative numbers are shown; also specifies the measurement system used.
Currency	Specifies how currency is displayed (including the decimal character used), how digits are grouped, and how negative values are shown.
Time	Specifies how time is displayed, including the hour and minute separator; also specifies how morning and afternoon times are designated.
Date	Specifies the calendar type, and how short and long dates are displayed; also specifies the character used as the separator between the day, the month, and the year.