Regional Settings Specified in User Profile Are Not Applied (175086)

RESOLUTION

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes:

 Date       Time     Version     Size      File name     Platform
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 12/18/98   4:27pm   4.00.962    127,488   Mprserv.dll   Windows 95 (all)
 4/9/97     4:21pm   4.00.952    411,648   Kernel32.dll  Windows 95 & OSR1
 5/22/98    3:29pm   4.00.1112   437,248   Kernel32.dll  OSR2
 11/11/99   4:01pm   4.03.1216   433,664   Kernel32.dll  OSR2.1 & OSR2.5
				

NOTE: This issue is not resolved by later versions of these files.
To work around this behavior, follow these steps:

1. Restart your computer, and then click Cancel when you are prompted to log on. This logs you on as the default user.
2. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
3. Double-click Regional Settings.
4. Make the appropriate changes to your regional settings, click OK, and then close Control Panel.
5. Restart your computer.
6. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
7. Double-click Passwords, and then click the User Profiles tab.
8. Click Users can customize their preferences and desktop settings. Windows switches to your personal settings whenever you log in, and then click OK.
9. Click Yes when you are prompted to restart your computer.