Clock, Language, and Region

How To Configure the Clock, Language, and Region Settings in Windows

Add Clocks to the Taskbar's Notification Area in Windows 7 & Windows 8

If you collaborate with people all over the world, it is very useful to add more clocks to Windows 7 and Windows 8, so that you can quickly view the time in other parts of the world. Luckily, Windows makes it easy to add additional clocks to the notification area of the taskbar, on the Desktop. Here's how it works:

Add New Keyboard Languages in Windows Phone 8 & Switch Between Them

Windows Phone 8 devices generally have English plus your native language as the default keyboard input languages available for typing messages and emails. In today’s world many of us know more than one language and we communicate with people all over the world. In such scenarios we need more than one keyboard input language installed on our phone. How do you add a new keyboard input language in Windows Phone 8? Let’s find out in this tutorial.

How to Change the Region for the Windows 8 Store & Windows 8 Apps

The region or the home location is a rather hidden setting in Windows 8 which is important when using the operating system and even more important when trying to find, access and use localized apps. If you have set the wrong region, you won’t be able to find certain apps or access relevant content for your location. Here’s how to change the location in Windows 8 so that you can solve such problems.

How to Change the Display Language in Windows Phone 8

What if you bought your Windows Phone from another country and you want to switch the default display language to your own native language? Can you do that? Yes you can, unless you are using a more exotic language for which Windows Phone does not provide support. Let’s assume that this is not the case though, and see how the usual process works. As you will see from this tutorial, it’s not that complicated.

How to Add a Clock Showing the Time on the Windows 8 Start Screen

One of the things I do not like about the Start screen in Windows 8 is the fact that it doesn’t show the time and date, as the taskbar does on the Desktop. I wish Microsoft had provided an easy way to add a clock in a live tile. Luckily there are quite a few apps available to fill this gap. The better ones cost money but there are also some free alternatives to consider. In this roundup, I tested the latest free apps and tried to identify the best app for showing the time on the Start screen. Here’s what I found.

How to Install and Enable a New Display Language in Windows 8

Not too long ago, we wrote a tutorial on how to add or remove keyboard input languages in Windows 8. To continue with the topic of working with languages, I would like to show how to install and enable additional display languages. I’m sure many of our readers would like to switch between at least two languages in their daily work. And, luckily, Windows 8 makes it easier than ever to find, install and switch between multiple languages.

How to Add or Remove Keyboard Input Languages in Windows 8

Many Windows users from all over the world need to use more than one keyboard input language in their work. Some of our team members at 7 Tutorials use at least two languages on a daily basis. Windows 8 comes to meet our needs by making it easier than ever to work with keyboard input languages. Adding and removing languages is very easy. As you will see from this detailed tutorial.

Change the Display Language Used for non-Unicode Programs in Windows 7

Have you ever had problems with running applications written in more complex languages which use special character sets like Chines, Arabic, Russian or Hebrew? If you have, then you should read this article about Unicode and changing the language used for non-Unicode programs. If this sounds like gibberish to you, don’t worry - read on and you will understand what Unicode is, how it works and how to make Windows 7 correctly display programs which use non-Unicode character sets.

Changing the Display Language Used by Windows Live Essentials 2011 Tools

While working with the applications included in the Windows Live Essentials package, I discovered that there are no options to change the display language in their configuration menus. That’s when I started to ask myself: how can this be achieved without having to uninstall the applications and reinstall them in a different language? To my surprise, making this change is actually not that hard - you simply need to search for the appropriate configuration options in a rather unexpected place: the Windows 7 Control Panel and make a few clicks. This tutorial will explain how this works.

Copy Display & Keyboard Input Languages, Format & Settings to All Users

If you have a computer used by many people, you might want to setup the same display and keyboard input languages plus format and location settings to all user accounts. If you have to do this manually for more than one user account, it already is a lengthy process. Fortunately, Windows 7 offers a simple way for you to configure all these settings on your main user account and have them copied to other user accounts or all the accounts about to get created on your computer. This tutorial will show how.

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