GPO Set Country or Region?

[Gongalong]

Hi folks,

 

We've deployed 1607 to several hundred PCs, and spotted that the "Country or region" is set to United States.

 

So far it doesn't seem to be a catastrophic issue, as it means default dates and current in apps e.g. Excel, are defaulting to US format.

 

The problem is I can't spot a way of changing it.

 

The Default Domain policy already has User Configuration > Preferences > Control Panel Settings > Regional Options set with an End User Default Locale of English (United Kingdom).

 

Is anyone of aware of where this needs to be set in GP?

 

(We've had the keyboard issue as well, but fixed that with a registry change that's deployed by GP)

 

Thanks

[Gongalong]

On a related note, the login screen shows the time in 12-hour format. I'm guessing if the install was set to UK this would be 24-hour clock. A niggle that would be nice to fix also.

[Annabelle]

I change the locale and region during deployment.

[Gongalong]

Do you edit the WIM prior to deployment? I still have yet to tackle this, but it seems it will require a registry edit sent via GPO.

[snagrat]

For future, try using the English International media which is UK

[Gongalong]

I don't have that option to download, at least for Win 10 1703 at the VLSC.

[Arthur]

I don't have that option to download, at least for Win 10 1703 at the VLSC.

You should do...

 

[Gongalong]

Agh! Missed that. Does it default to UK in terms of region, and a UK keyboard?

[snagrat]

Agh! Missed that. Does it default to UK in terms of region, and a UK keyboard?

 

Yep it does

[3s-gtech]

Very easy mistake to make, but it's worth using the English International media. Even things like labels in Windows saying 'Colour' make it worthwhile I suspect it'd be a nightmare to change/redeploy though so don't stress it now.

[Gongalong]

Yep, it's a right pain with the US version. Logon screen has US keyboard, so students unwittingly use the wrong characters when changing password e.g. #. @.

 

Excel and Word are using US formats e.g. paper sizes, currency.

 

I'm hoping that it can be corrected with this registry change, to save redeploying!

[Arthur]

I'm hoping that it can be corrected with this registry change, to save redeploying!

Try these registry settings (on one user to start with).

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload]
"1"="00000809"

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Substitutes]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Toggle]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International]
"Locale"="00000809"
"LocaleName"="en-GB"
"s1159"="AM"
"s2359"="PM"
"sCountry"="United Kingdom"
"sCurrency"="£"
"sDate"="/"
"sDecimal"="."
"sGrouping"="3;0"
"sLanguage"="ENG"
"sList"=","
"sLongDate"="dd MMMM yyyy"
"sMonDecimalSep"="."
"sMonGrouping"="3;0"
"sMonThousandSep"=","
"sNativeDigits"="0123456789"
"sNegativeSign"="-"
"sPositiveSign"=""
"sShortDate"="dd/MM/yyyy"
"sThousand"=","
"sTime"=":"
"sTimeFormat"="HH:mm:ss"
"sShortTime"="HH:mm"
"sYearMonth"="MMMM yyyy"
"iCalendarType"="1"
"iCountry"="44"
"iCurrDigits"="2"
"iCurrency"="0"
"iDate"="1"
"iDigits"="2"
"NumShape"="1"
"iFirstDayOfWeek"="0"
"iFirstWeekOfYear"="2"
"iLZero"="1"
"iMeasure"="0"
"iNegCurr"="1"
"iNegNumber"="1"
"iPaperSize"="9"
"iTime"="1"
"iTimePrefix"="0"
"iTLZero"="1"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Geo]
"Nation"="242"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\User Profile]
"Languages"=hex(7):65,00,6e,00,2d,00,47,00,42,00,00,00
"ShowAutoCorrection"=dword:00000001
"ShowTextPrediction"=dword:00000001
"ShowCasing"=dword:00000001
"ShowShiftLock"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\User Profile\en-GB]
"0809:00000809"=dword:00000001

[Gongalong]

Fantastic, thanks! The keyboard one we have in, I'll try the others.

[newpersn]

Try these registry settings (on one user to start with).

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload]
"1"="00000809"

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Substitutes]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Toggle]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International]
"Locale"="00000809"
"LocaleName"="en-GB"
"s1159"="AM"
"s2359"="PM"
"sCountry"="United Kingdom"
"sCurrency"="£"
"sDate"="/"
"sDecimal"="."
"sGrouping"="3;0"
"sLanguage"="ENG"
"sList"=","
"sLongDate"="dd MMMM yyyy"
"sMonDecimalSep"="."
"sMonGrouping"="3;0"
"sMonThousandSep"=","
"sNativeDigits"="0123456789"
"sNegativeSign"="-"
"sPositiveSign"=""
"sShortDate"="dd/MM/yyyy"
"sThousand"=","
"sTime"=":"
"sTimeFormat"="HH:mm:ss"
"sShortTime"="HH:mm"
"sYearMonth"="MMMM yyyy"
"iCalendarType"="1"
"iCountry"="44"
"iCurrDigits"="2"
"iCurrency"="0"
"iDate"="1"
"iDigits"="2"
"NumShape"="1"
"iFirstDayOfWeek"="0"
"iFirstWeekOfYear"="2"
"iLZero"="1"
"iMeasure"="0"
"iNegCurr"="1"
"iNegNumber"="1"
"iPaperSize"="9"
"iTime"="1"
"iTimePrefix"="0"
"iTLZero"="1"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Geo]
"Nation"="242"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\User Profile]
"Languages"=hex(7):65,00,6e,00,2d,00,47,00,42,00,00,00
"ShowAutoCorrection"=dword:00000001
"ShowTextPrediction"=dword:00000001
"ShowCasing"=dword:00000001
"ShowShiftLock"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\User Profile\en-GB]
"0809:00000809"=dword:00000001

 

Me being me.... How did you add that to GPO?

[Gongalong]

Computer Configuration > Preferences > Windows Settings > Registry

 

It's also under User Configuration.

[Gongalong]

@Arthur Just to double check, do you apply these under Computer Configuration or User Configuration? I'm guessing the former, but just to be sure.

[Gongalong]

On second thoughts, I'm guessing the intent was to add as a .reg file.

[Arthur]

Just to double check, do you apply these under Computer Configuration or User Configuration? I'm guessing the former, but just to be sure.

User since they're HKCU settings.

 

On second thoughts, I'm guessing the intent was to add as a .reg file.

The idea was to double-click the .reg file on one PC to see if it works and then if it did, import all of the individual settings via the GPP registry wizard to deploy to the affected end users.

[Gongalong]

Another frustration we have is that the login screen is set to US keyboard settings, so would a User Config settings also take effect prior to login at this screen?

 

I've looked at the registry wizard, and I can source these settings from a PC that's been deployed with the correct (English International) version of Windows 10. It seemed quite a straightforward way to do it. Is this an approach you'd recommend?

 

Sorry, questions!

[Arthur]

I've looked at the registry wizard, and I can source these settings from a PC that's been deployed with the correct (English International) version of Windows 10. It seemed quite a straightforward way to do it. Is this an approach you'd recommend?

Definitely!

[Gongalong]

And to ensure the changes apply on the login screen, would that still work with the registry changes applied to a User Config?

[Gongalong]

I'm at a loss as to what's going on now, and have removed all registry settings except for the keyboard preload. On a Win 10 test VM the keyboard is in UK form, it seems that all other classroom PCs have switched to US keyboard.

 

The keyboard preload setting is under HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Keyboard Layout > Reload. Value 1 is set to 00000809.

 

I've checked this on both my test VM and some classroom PCs and the registry setting is there. Why is the keyboard not defaulting to UK?

[Arthur]

Why is the keyboard not defaulting to UK?

Does "HKCU\Control Panel\International" contain all of the en-GB related settings?

[free780]

I found that GPP wasn't quick enough for this. I used https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn375319(v=wps.630).aspx

As a user login script.

 

Set-WinUILanguageOverride en-gb

In the global directly not in a script.

Edited September 16, 2017 by free780

[Gongalong]

It turned out that the tool I was using to remote to the PC was the issue. The keyboard had changed to UK, but for some reason the remote tool wasn't emulating the UK keyboard.