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Hi,
I've got WinXP pro SP2 and I've got a problem I've never seen before. If
I go into 'Regional and Language Options' and then 'Customize' it will
not let me save any alterations. It says "One or more of the characters
you typed are invalid. Try typing different characters". The thing is,
this happens even if I type exactly the same character that's already
in there, or even pick something from one of the drop down menus. It
happens in all four tabs, 'Numbers', 'Currency', 'Time', and 'Date'. I
end up having to cancel my way out of it.
Now if I create a new user it works perfectly logging in under that new
user, so I imagine the prog that does the creating is okay. I have tried
changing language settings to and from my normal language, rebooting in
between, but it makes no difference. It still comes up with the same
message.
I was originally alerted to this problem by installing a program that
came straight back and said my short date order was incorrect and
promptly aborted. It continues to refuse to run until I put the date
setting right. If I run it under a new user it works perfectly. But I'd
really rather not have multiple users just to overcome this problem. I
want to find out what's wrong and put it right.
Am I right in thinking that there is a config file somewhere that holds
this info that is corrupted somewhere, somehow? If so, would renaming
it, or deleting it force Windows to create a new, healthy file?
Cheers for any help offered.
Regards
Mark
Hi,
I've got WinXP pro SP2 and I've got a problem I've never seen before. If
I go into 'Regional and Language Options' and then 'Customize' it will
not let me save any alterations. It says "One or more of the characters
you typed are invalid. Try typing different characters". The thing is,
this happens even if I type exactly the same character that's already
in there, or even pick something from one of the drop down menus. It
happens in all four tabs, 'Numbers', 'Currency', 'Time', and 'Date'. I
end up having to cancel my way out of it.
Now if I create a new user it works perfectly logging in under that new
user, so I imagine the prog that does the creating is okay. I have tried
changing language settings to and from my normal language, rebooting in
between, but it makes no difference. It still comes up with the same
message.
I was originally alerted to this problem by installing a program that
came straight back and said my short date order was incorrect and
promptly aborted. It continues to refuse to run until I put the date
setting right. If I run it under a new user it works perfectly. But I'd
really rather not have multiple users just to overcome this problem. I
want to find out what's wrong and put it right.
Am I right in thinking that there is a config file somewhere that holds
this info that is corrupted somewhere, somehow? If so, would renaming
it, or deleting it force Windows to create a new, healthy file?
Cheers for any help offered.
Regards
Mark
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