Characters Displayed Incorrectly in Date and Time Dialog Box (226445)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

This article was previously published under Q226445

SYMPTOMS

During the GUI mode of Windows Setup, the contents of the dialog box where you configure the date and time may be displayed incorrectly.

CAUSE

This issue can occur if you configure the regional settings to use the Japanese locale.

NOTE: Non-ANSI text cannot be displayed by the GUI mode of Setup.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, configure your the Regional Options tool to use the Japanese locale after Setup completes. To do this, follow these steps:

Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Regional Options.
Under Language settings for the system, click to select the Japanese check box.
In the Your locale (location) list, click Japanese, and then click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	11/21/2003
Keywords:	kbenv kbprb kbsetup KB226445