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So my Windows Server 2003 is entirely in German. For practical reasons, I wanted to change the language for my account to English, however it prooved to be more problematic than I thought.

I think in newer versions of Win Server, not even a reboot is necessary for the changes to take effect. However in 2003 I was convinced it was required.

I changed the language under Language - Advanced (if my translation is correct) to English, which was already available. All the other location settings stayed the same as they were (German). I rebooted the server, hoping to log into a server in English.. but it's still German. Language settings screenshot

Am I missing something here ? Could someone (who's done this before) give me instructions on how to change the language (in menus, interfaces, descriptions etc.) ?

Thank you.

Mike94
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Changes made in described Language - Advanced dialogues affect merely input language. The input language is a setting in Windows that controls the language you use to type information on your computer (and could link to e.g. spell checker).

To change the interface language (for a particular user) to English you'll need the English MUI (Multilingual User Interface). See Frequently Asked Questions: Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 MUI for details.

Pay your attention to technical particulars as well as to licensing terms.

JosefZ
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