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Clock, Language, and Region

Tutorials, and articles about changing your date, and time settings. How to personalize the language used by your apps and operating systems. How to set your region-related settings.

Language

Translate the Windows sign-in screen into your local language

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 27.08.2016
Did you install an English version of Windows on your computer, only to change the default display language to another language afterwards? Like maybe Spanish, or French, or any other language you prefer using? If you did that, you probably found out the hard way...
Language

How to Add or Remove Keyboard Input Languages in Windows 8 & 8.1

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 11.04.2014
Many Windows users from all over the world need to use more than one keyboard input language in their work. Some of our team members at 7 Tutorials use at least two languages on a daily basis. Windows 8 and 8.1 come to meet our...

Introducing Windows 8.1: What are Quiet Hours & How to Configure Them?

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 10.10.2013
Windows 8.1 introduces a neat little feature, named Quiet Hours. As the name implies, quiet hours are an interval within the day when you don't want to be interrupted by notifications, by any Windows app, not even the Mail app. You can also set that,...
Date and Time

How to Change the Display of Dates, Times, Currency and Measurements

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 09.08.2013
Both Windows 7 and Windows 8 give you the ability to set, in detail, the format used for displaying dates, times, your local currency and the measurements system used by the operating system. If you would like to know how to change all these settings...

How to Change the Region for the Windows 8 Store & Windows 8 Apps

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 03.04.2013
The region or the home location is a rather hidden setting in Windows 8 which is important when using the operating system and even more important when trying to find, access and use localized apps. If you have set the wrong region, you won't be...
Language

How to Install and Enable a New Display Language in Windows 8

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 07.11.2012
Not too long ago, we wrote a tutorial on how to add or remove keyboard input languages in Windows 8. To continue with the topic of working with languages, I would like to show how to install and enable additional display languages. I'm sure many...
Language

How to Uninstall a Windows 7 Display Language with Vistalizator

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 19.01.2011
It is time to continue our series on working with display languages by showing how to remove a display language installed using the Vistalizator tool. As you will see in this tutorial, the procedure is not very complicated. To learn all the required steps, click...
Language

Install & Change to a New Display Language in Windows 7 with Vistalizator

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 10.01.2011
In a previous article, we covered how to install and change to a new display Language in Windows 7 Home and Professional using the only method provided by Microsoft. Even if that solution works without problems, it is limited because it supports a small number...
Language

Install & Change to a New Display Language in Windows 7 Home & Pro

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 12.12.2010
Recently, we published a tutorial on how to install and change to a new display Language in Windows 7 Ultimate & Enterprise. However, Windows 7 Ultimate is not widely used when it comes to home users. At that time, we promised to show in an...
Language

Install & Change to a New Display Language in Windows 7 Ultimate

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 08.12.2010
If you buy a laptop from a different country and Windows 7 comes pre-installed, most probably you will want to change the display language to the one used in your country. The same when, for example, you want to give a computer as a gift...