windows live messenger 8.5 - why is mine in spanish?

i just reinstalled wlm 8.5 to try and correct this, but all of the info in
the wlm window is in spanish! i have no idea why this is happening. can
someone please help?

Greetings Paul,

Which info exactly? The language version of the software itself is whatever version you
downloaded whereas the actual services, ads, tabs, etc. in Messenger are generated from the
locale/country set in your Windows Live ID account.

As such, the latter can be fixed by changing your locale here:
https://account.live.com/EditProf.aspx

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Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
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"paul h." <> wrote in message
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> i just reinstalled wlm 8.5 to try and correct this, but all of the info in
> the wlm window is in spanish! i have no idea why this is happening. can
> someone please help?

that was it...i was in puerto rico! thanks so much.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings Paul,
>
> Which info exactly? The language version of the software itself is whatever version you
> downloaded whereas the actual services, ads, tabs, etc. in Messenger are generated from the
> locale/country set in your Windows Live ID account.
>
> As such, the latter can be fixed by changing your locale here:
> https://account.live.com/EditProf.aspx
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
>
> "paul h." <> wrote in message
> news:99495F50-0AE1-4784-876D-...
> > i just reinstalled wlm 8.5 to try and correct this, but all of the info in
> > the wlm window is in spanish! i have no idea why this is happening. can
> > someone please help?
>
>

Hi,

Ah ha

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Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"paul h." <> wrote in message
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> that was it...i was in puerto rico! thanks so much.
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings Paul,
>>
>> Which info exactly? The language version of the software itself is whatever version you
>> downloaded whereas the actual services, ads, tabs, etc. in Messenger are generated from
>> the
>> locale/country set in your Windows Live ID account.
>>
>> As such, the latter can be fixed by changing your locale here:
>> https://account.live.com/EditProf.aspx
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>>
>> "paul h." <> wrote in message
>> news:99495F50-0AE1-4784-876D-...
>> > i just reinstalled wlm 8.5 to try and correct this, but all of the info in
>> > the wlm window is in spanish! i have no idea why this is happening. can
>> > someone please help?
>>
>>

I'm having a similar problem! The entire interface, menus and dialog boxes
are in Dutch. I'm a foreigner in Netherlands and don't understand Dutch. Its
not just the Live messenger but all the other installed programs also behave
in the same way. The Windows interface itself however is in English. I
checked my profile and it doesn't have the location set to any country. Its
blank.

This is some sort of locale issue which I've not been able to fix. I Changed
everything in Regional Language Settings in Control Panel to English and
United States. Still the interface is in Dutch. Again, the windows component
show english interface, components like Control Panel, Explorer etc.

Any idea how to fix this?

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings Paul,
>
> Which info exactly? The language version of the software itself is whatever version you
> downloaded whereas the actual services, ads, tabs, etc. in Messenger are generated from the
> locale/country set in your Windows Live ID account.
>
> As such, the latter can be fixed by changing your locale here:
> https://account.live.com/EditProf.aspx
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
>
> "paul h." <> wrote in message
> news:99495F50-0AE1-4784-876D-...
> > i just reinstalled wlm 8.5 to try and correct this, but all of the info in
> > the wlm window is in spanish! i have no idea why this is happening. can
> > someone please help?
>
>

What is interesting is, In the internet explorer, the main menus are in
english, but the windows live toolbar is in Dutch. I'm running Windows Vista
by the way.

"Spundun" wrote:

> I'm having a similar problem! The entire interface, menus and dialog boxes
> are in Dutch. I'm a foreigner in Netherlands and don't understand Dutch. Its
> not just the Live messenger but all the other installed programs also behave
> in the same way. The Windows interface itself however is in English. I
> checked my profile and it doesn't have the location set to any country. Its
> blank.
>
> This is some sort of locale issue which I've not been able to fix. I Changed
> everything in Regional Language Settings in Control Panel to English and
> United States. Still the interface is in Dutch. Again, the windows component
> show english interface, components like Control Panel, Explorer etc.
>
> Any idea how to fix this?
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Greetings Paul,
> >
> > Which info exactly? The language version of the software itself is whatever version you
> > downloaded whereas the actual services, ads, tabs, etc. in Messenger are generated from the
> > locale/country set in your Windows Live ID account.
> >
> > As such, the latter can be fixed by changing your locale here:
> > https://account.live.com/EditProf.aspx
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan Kay
> > Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> > All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> > You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> > --
> >
> >
> > "paul h." <> wrote in message
> > news:99495F50-0AE1-4784-876D-...
> > > i just reinstalled wlm 8.5 to try and correct this, but all of the info in
> > > the wlm window is in spanish! i have no idea why this is happening. can
> > > someone please help?
> >
> >

I'm having a similar problem - I clicked on this link:
http://gallery.live.com/?mkt=cs-cz

And since then, every Windows Live page is in a language I don't even
recognize.
I can't find any way to get back to English, god only knows what links I've
been clicking.

I went to https://account.live.com/EditProf.aspx, and I think it says I'm in
the USA (assuming that Spojene staty americke means America).

I even went here http://www.live.com/settings.aspx and set my language to
English, but it doesn't seem to change anything.

At this point, I'm frustrated to tears, I assume that I'll never get back
into any Windows Live page on this computer, and I can't believe how
ridiculous this all is.




"Spundun" wrote:

> What is interesting is, In the internet explorer, the main menus are in
> english, but the windows live toolbar is in Dutch. I'm running Windows Vista
> by the way.
>
> "Spundun" wrote:
>
> > I'm having a similar problem! The entire interface, menus and dialog boxes
> > are in Dutch. I'm a foreigner in Netherlands and don't understand Dutch. Its
> > not just the Live messenger but all the other installed programs also behave
> > in the same way. The Windows interface itself however is in English. I
> > checked my profile and it doesn't have the location set to any country. Its
> > blank.
> >
> > This is some sort of locale issue which I've not been able to fix. I Changed
> > everything in Regional Language Settings in Control Panel to English and
> > United States. Still the interface is in Dutch. Again, the windows component
> > show english interface, components like Control Panel, Explorer etc.
> >
> > Any idea how to fix this?
> >
> > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings Paul,
> > >
> > > Which info exactly? The language version of the software itself is whatever version you
> > > downloaded whereas the actual services, ads, tabs, etc. in Messenger are generated from the
> > > locale/country set in your Windows Live ID account.
> > >
> > > As such, the latter can be fixed by changing your locale here:
> > > https://account.live.com/EditProf.aspx
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jonathan Kay
> > > Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> > > Associate Expert
> > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > > Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> > > All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> > > You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> > > "paul h." <> wrote in message
> > > news:99495F50-0AE1-4784-876D-...
> > > > i just reinstalled wlm 8.5 to try and correct this, but all of the info in
> > > > the wlm window is in spanish! i have no idea why this is happening. can
> > > > someone please help?
> > >
> > >

Hi,

Try this one: http://gallery.live.com/?mkt=en-us

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Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
MVP Windows Shell/User

"jaysonelliot" <> wrote in message
news:3C6FD591-CD32-4F82-B6E6-...
> I'm having a similar problem - I clicked on this link:
> http://gallery.live.com/?mkt=cs-cz
>
> And since then, every Windows Live page is in a language I don't even
> recognize.
> I can't find any way to get back to English, god only knows what links
> I've
> been clicking.
>
> I went to https://account.live.com/EditProf.aspx, and I think it says I'm
> in
> the USA (assuming that Spojene staty americke means America).
>
> I even went here http://www.live.com/settings.aspx and set my language to
> English, but it doesn't seem to change anything.
>
> At this point, I'm frustrated to tears, I assume that I'll never get back
> into any Windows Live page on this computer, and I can't believe how
> ridiculous this all is.
>
>
>
>

similar problem, but for me it is the Windows Messenger Today window.
had the same Puerto Rico problem in Live, but fixed that, it did not fi
Windows Messenger Today screen 8.5, and it is defaulting Latin as th
collation language when I try to install SQL Server 2008 Express. M
Windows XP regional setting is United States, every other languag
setting I can find says language English

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manguard

Greetings,

The Today screen is based on whatever locale (country) is set in your Live ID, which you can
change here:
https://account.live.com/EditProf.aspx

As for Latin being the default collation in SQL Server Express, that is perfectly normal; it
is referring to the Latin alphabet (aka English, French, Spanish, etc.).

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Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"manguard" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> similar problem, but for me it is the Windows Messenger Today window. I
> had the same Puerto Rico problem in Live, but fixed that, it did not fix
> Windows Messenger Today screen 8.5, and it is defaulting Latin as the
> collation language when I try to install SQL Server 2008 Express. My
> Windows XP regional setting is United States, every other language
> setting I can find says language English.
>
>
> --
> manguard