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How to completely change the language of my computer?

Anonymous
2024-08-08T08:15:23+00:00

I received my computer from Poland, but I am not from there. So when I turned it on for the first time, Windows 10 booted up in Polish. Early on I switched everything to English everywhere I could - Settings>Time&Language>Language and in Control Panel>Region>Administrative (and, yes, even checked Welcome screen and system accounts and New user accounts under Copy settings...). I have restarted, signed out - done just about everything I could, but still it won't go away completely.

So I don't understand how come I still see Polish "Welcome!" during booting up and "Goodbye" during shut down, as well as on Windows error messages or certain settings. Now most of my PC is in English, but all the important computer-related stuff is still in Polish and that small percentage is driving me nuts.

Where else can I switch some language options?

Thanks, Rihards.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-08-08T10:20:14+00:00

    Hello Rihards,

    My name is Ashok, I am an Independent Advisor and Microsoft user like you.

    I'd be more than happy to assist you. I'm so sorry that you are experiencing this issue. Don't worry, I'll do everything I can to help you.

    in region section

    Administrative Tab.

    you have to change in two places.

    Welcome screen and new user accounts

    and

    Language for non-Unicode programs > change system locale

    Ashok

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-08-08T10:22:03+00:00

    like this

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-08-08T08:44:03+00:00

    Hi,

    Please follow these steps-

    1. Go to control panel> region.
    2. Under "Administrative", ensure all settings related to language and format are set to English.
    3. Check the formats tab for consistency.

    Secondly, Explore Language- Related services-

    1. Press Win+R, and type services. msc and press enter.
    2. Please be sure to look for services related to language or output methods.
    3. Ensure they are running and set to automatic startup.

    Additionally, to know more-

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/manage-display-language-settings-in-windows-219f28b0-9881-cd4c-75ca-dba919c52321#:~:text=Select%20Start%20>%20Settings%20>%20Time%20%26%20Language%20>%20Language.

    I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any other queries. Good day

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