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Blueocean
January 24th 08, 01:28 AM
I had a virus attack post which performed a recovery with ERD
Commander (newer version post Microsoft acquisition). I have few
control panel items appearing in Czech and occasionally some window
appear completely in Czech.

Desktop, windows firewall and network setup wizard appear in Czech.
This might be a clue, indicating something related to networking is
corrupted.

The virus attack is cleaned up and extensively tested as problem free
now.

I have checked a whole bunch of language, keyboard, display,
appearance settings. I don't find anything unusual.

I feel the suspect areas might be:
Windows Symbols (used during ERD commander recovery)
Window Cab files (used during ERD commander recovery)
True type fonts>> I notice the European fonts are not true type.
This might be a remote possibility.

Possible recovery would be to perform Win XP repair, this will be my
last option.

My default Windows XP SP2 installation is English. Current version
status build 2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.070227-2300

There isn't any information available how to correct this problem.
There are few threads on this subject:
* http://www.adras.com/foreign-language.t68235-3-2.html
* http://microsoft-personal-operating-systems.hostweb.com/TopicMessages/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/1983847/3/Default.aspx
* http://www.errorforum.com/15865-post1.html
* http://www.techsupportforum.com/microsoft-support/windows-xp-support/161670-part-xp-czech.html

So far no clear approach to resolve this problem exists. It would be
great if someone can crack this problem.

Andrew E.
January 24th 08, 02:08 AM
Open ctrl panel,select "reginal & language" icon,set to english.....

"Blueocean" wrote:

> I had a virus attack post which performed a recovery with ERD
> Commander (newer version post Microsoft acquisition). I have few
> control panel items appearing in Czech and occasionally some window
> appear completely in Czech.
>
> Desktop, windows firewall and network setup wizard appear in Czech.
> This might be a clue, indicating something related to networking is
> corrupted.
>
> The virus attack is cleaned up and extensively tested as problem free
> now.
>
> I have checked a whole bunch of language, keyboard, display,
> appearance settings. I don't find anything unusual.
>
> I feel the suspect areas might be:
> Windows Symbols (used during ERD commander recovery)
> Window Cab files (used during ERD commander recovery)
> True type fonts>> I notice the European fonts are not true type.
> This might be a remote possibility.
>
> Possible recovery would be to perform Win XP repair, this will be my
> last option.
>
> My default Windows XP SP2 installation is English. Current version
> status build 2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.070227-2300
>
> There isn't any information available how to correct this problem.
> There are few threads on this subject:
> * http://www.adras.com/foreign-language.t68235-3-2.html
> * http://microsoft-personal-operating-systems.hostweb.com/TopicMessages/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/1983847/3/Default.aspx
> * http://www.errorforum.com/15865-post1.html
> * http://www.techsupportforum.com/microsoft-support/windows-xp-support/161670-part-xp-czech.html
>
> So far no clear approach to resolve this problem exists. It would be
> great if someone can crack this problem.
>
>
>
>
>

Blueocean
January 24th 08, 07:39 AM
the settings in regional languages is English. I have spent
significant amount of time researching online and checking the usual
suspects. I have not found answers yet.

blueocen

On Jan 24, 7:08*am, Andrew E. > wrote:
> * Open ctrl panel,select "reginal & language" icon,set to english.....
>
>
>

Elmo
January 24th 08, 06:21 PM
Blueocean wrote:
> I had a virus attack post which performed a recovery with ERD
> Commander (newer version post Microsoft acquisition). I have few
> control panel items appearing in Czech and occasionally some window
> appear completely in Czech.
>
> Desktop, windows firewall and network setup wizard appear in Czech.
> This might be a clue, indicating something related to networking is
> corrupted.
>
> The virus attack is cleaned up and extensively tested as problem free
> now.
>
> I have checked a whole bunch of language, keyboard, display,
> appearance settings. I don't find anything unusual.
>
> I feel the suspect areas might be:
> Windows Symbols (used during ERD commander recovery)
> Windows Cab files (used during ERD commander recovery)
> True type fonts>> I notice the European fonts are not true type.
> This might be a remote possibility.
>
> Possible recovery would be to perform Win XP repair, this will be my
> last option.
>
> My default Windows XP SP2 installation is English. Current version
> status build 2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.070227-2300
>
> There isn't any information available how to correct this problem.
> There are few threads on this subject:
> * http://www.adras.com/foreign-language.t68235-3-2.html
> * http://microsoft-personal-operating-systems.hostweb.com/TopicMessages/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/1983847/3/Default.aspx
> * http://www.errorforum.com/15865-post1.html
> * http://www.techsupportforum.com/microsoft-support/windows-xp-support/161670-part-xp-czech.html
>
> So far no clear approach to resolve this problem exists. It would be
> great if someone can crack this problem.

Maybe if you do a regedit search for "Czech", "cz", or any other
abbreviation for that language.. Possibly a comparison can be made
between that registry and one unaffected by malware.

--
Joe =o)

Blueocean
January 24th 08, 11:01 PM
I checked the registry for cs value, czech, slovakia etc.... Did not
find any unusual values. All the values found appear in telephony,
global languague list, keyboard layout folders. The value is not
found in isolation or a critical XP folder in the hives.

blueocean


>
> Maybe if you do a regedit search for "Czech", "cz", or any other
> abbreviation for that language.. *Possibly a comparison can be made
> between that registry and one unaffected by malware.
>
> --
> Joe * =o)- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Elmo
January 25th 08, 12:13 AM
Blueocean wrote:
> I checked the registry for cz value, czech, slovakia etc.... Did not
> find any unusual values. All the values found appear in telephony,
> global language list, keyboard layout folders. The value is not
> found in isolation or a critical XP folder in the hives.
>
> blueocean
>
>
>> Maybe if you do a regedit search for "Czech", "cz", or any other
>> abbreviation for that language.. Possibly a comparison can be made
>> between that registry and one unaffected by malware.
>>
>> --
>> Joe =o)

Sorry, no other ideas. If you can be assured of the language used, you
might try a Google Groups search on the subject. Change the parameters
of the search to limit or expand the results.

http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=wrong+language+displayed+xp&qt_s=Search+Groups

--
Joe =o)

Blueocean
January 28th 08, 02:30 PM
> Sorry, no other ideas. *If you can be assured of the language used, you
> might try a Google Groups search on the subject. *Change the parameters
> of the search to limit or expand the results.
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=wrong+language+displayed+xp&...
>
> --
> Joe * =o)


I have tried the search, found few interesting leads, but no clear
answer yet.

TDawg
February 3rd 08, 12:14 AM
I had the same problem and I simply repaired Windows and everything went back
to normal

Blueocean
February 14th 08, 08:36 PM
Hi TDwag

I will try this and let you know how things go. Thanks!



On Feb 3, 5:14*am, TDawg > wrote:
> I had the same problem and I simply repaired Windows and everything went back
> to normal

Google