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- Click the Start button
- Find Control Panel
- Click Clock, Language, and Region
- You may need to switch from icons to categories to see this option
- Open up Region and Language
- On the far right should be a tab labelled Administrative, switch to it
- Click Change system locale...
- Make a note of your current locale settings
- Select a region from the drop-down menu and accept the changes
- You may need to restart your computer, even if you don't receive a prompt telling you so
- Repeat steps 1-6 to make sure your changes have taken affect
- Use the eyeglass icon on your dock to search for 'System Preferences'
- Open the first result
- Find and select the Language & Text tab
- Find and select the Formats subtab
- Locate the Region drop-down menu
- Make a note of your current locale settings
- Select a region and close the window
- You may need to restart your computer, even if you don't receive a prompt telling you so
- Repeat steps 1-6 to make sure your changes have taken affect
- Open a command console
- Type locale to show your current locale. Make a note of this
- Navigate to /etc/locale.gen. Uncomment the line with the name of your desired locale
- Back in your console, type locale-gen to regenerate the list of locales