Characters Displayed Incorrectly in Date and Time Dialog Box

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

SYMPTOMS

During the GUI mode of Windows Setup, the contents of the dialog box where you configure the date and time may be displayed incorrectly.

CAUSE

This issue can occur if you configure the regional settings to use the Japanese locale.

NOTE: Non-ANSI text cannot be displayed by the GUI mode of Setup.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, configure your the Regional Options tool to use the Japanese locale after Setup completes. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Regional Options.



2. Under Language settings for the system, click to select the Japanese check box.



3. In the Your locale (location) list, click Japanese, and then click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: japan jpn

Keywords : kbenv kbsetup kbtool
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb