Tag: Microsoft

Applying Regional and Language Setting

Post author By George
Post date January 7, 2014
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Today at work I had a Windows 7 PC that was defaulted to English United Kingdom instead of English United States. I was able to log onto the PC as the customer and go into Control Panel to access Region Language. I selected English (United States) under each tab for Formats, Location, Keyboards and Languages. I rebooted the PC and noticed the keyboard was still English (United Kingdom). So a quick Google search and I found the following web link.

What I missed was selecting the Administrative tab, click the Copy settings button, and placing the two checks in the boxes. Click OK to save and then reboot. you should have the correct region and language settings for your PC.

Tags Microsoft, Software, Windows 7, Windows Stuff

Humor Video

Preview Office 2010

Get ready for Microsoft Office 2010. Watch out for rogue fonts.

Tags Humor, Microsoft, Office 2010, Video

Linux Stuff

Microsoft Contributes to Linux Kernel

Post author By George
Post date July 20, 2009
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I wonder, with Microsoft‘s contribution to the Linux kernel, will I get to experience BSOD in Ubuntu? One of the reasons I moved to Linux was to get away from Microsoft. Microsoft products are a fine choice for some people, and heck I like Microsoft Office on Windows XP, but I wonder what the ramifications will be now they have 20,000 lines of code in the kernel. Today it is device drivers to allow Linux to run as a virtual machine on top of Hyper-V environment (Microsoft’s hypervisor and implementation of virtualization), tomorrow a new Microsoft Linux distro which will crash constantly, require anti-malware software , and one that will allow attackers to exploit a security hole in ActiveX.

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I was going back through my blog and remember an entry I made about Microsoft Office being available for Linux. Maybe I should be careful of what I wish for.

Tags Linux, Microsoft