Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Change Display Language for Windows 7 UI, Welcome Screen, System and New Accounts

Some editions of Windows 7, i.e. Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 7 Enterprise can officially more than one display language, which determines what localized languages are been used to display text in wizards, dialog boxes, menus, Help and Support topics, and other objects in the user interface (UI). Display languages can be added and installed in Windows 7 with MIU (Multilingual User Interface) or LIP (Language Interface Pack) language packs.

Other than directly change display language after installing new display language, when there is more than one display languages installed on Windows 7 system, users can change and switch display language manually or on ad-hoc basis using steps below.
How to Change the Display Language in Windows 7
  1. Click on Start button, then go to Control Panel.
  2. In Category view, click on Clock, Language, and Region link, and then click on Change display language link under “Region and Language” section. Change Display Language in Windows 7
    In Icons view, click on Region and Language icon, and then go to Keyboards and Languages tab.
  3. Under “Display language” section, choose a display language from the list of installed language packs. Change to Another Display Language in Windows 7
    Note: If no list of display languages is shown, make sure that you have installed additional language packs as the list will only applicable if there is more than 1 display languages available in supported editions of Windows 7.
  4. Click Apply.
The system’s user interface is now been converted and switched to new display language selected. Logout and login again or restart computer to see the change. Note that the new display language is applied for existing user account only, but not to text on welcome screen and system reserved accounts, nor set as the default display language for new user accounts create in future.
To change the display language in Windows 7 welcome screen and special reserved system accounts used by Windows services (local system, local service, and network service), and set the current display language as the setting for new user created, continue with steps below. It will also set current display set as the display language for users who haven’t specified a display language.
  1. In the “Region and Language” dialog window, click on Administrative tab.
  2. Under “Welcome screen and new user accounts” section, click on Copy settings button. Copy Display Language Settings to Welcome Screen, System Accounts and New User Acconts Template
  3. In the “Welcome screen and new user accounts” dialog box, select and tick the check boxes for Welcome screen and system accounts and New user accounts. Change Welcome Screen, System Accounts and New User Accounts Language
  4. Click OK to apply the change.

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Blue screen when re-install windows XP on Optiplex 780, 790, 7010

XP has no native drivers for SATA controllers, so it doesn't know how to communicate with a SATA drive.  That is what the 0x7b means.  You might be able to set SATA operation to ATA or Compatability Mode in the BIOS (F2), but I wouldn't recommend it, as it will run as a standard ATA/IDE device and you won't be able to take advantage of what SATA has to offer (NCQ, cache, etc.).  What you need to do is load the drivers for the SATA controller.  It will be one of the following:

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Excel - Opens with Error or Cannot Open XLS or XLSX File


Excel - Opens with Error or Cannot Open XLS or XLSX File

Printer-friendly versionSend by email Microsoft Excel 2007 or 2010 will occasionally display the following message when attempting to open an .XLS or .XLSX file :
Windows cannot find ‘FilePath\FileName’, Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.
This error message usually appears when a user attempts to open a file by Double-Clicking on it or directly from a web browser or e-mail attachment.
Long Term Solution
  1. Open Microsoft Excel.
  2. Click on the File (Office) Menu and select Excel Options.
  3. Click Advanced.
  4. Scroll down to the General section and uncheck ‘Ignore other applications’.
  5. Click OK.
 


Short Term Solution

  1. Open Microsoft Excel.
  2. Click on File and select Open.
  3. Locate the File, select it, and click Open.
Reason
When a file is double-clicked, a dynamic data exchange (DDE) message is sent to Microsoft Excel, telling it to open the file. If the ‘Ignore other applications’ box is checked, Excel ignores these messages sent by other programs (such as web browsers or e-mail clients). The file is then not opened.