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.
3. In Category view, click on Clock, Language, and Region link, and then click on Change display language link under “Region and Language” section.

   

   In Icons view, click on Region and Language icon, and then go to Keyboards and Languages tab.

4. Under “Display language” section, choose a display language from the list of installed language packs.

   

   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.

5. 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.

   

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.

   

4. Click OK to apply the change.

Related Articles

• Workaround to Change System Display Language When Vista MUI Install Tool Fails
• How to Change Screen Resolution and Display Colors Quality in Safe Mode of Windows
• How to Install or Unistall Language Packs (MUI or LIP lp.cab) in Windows 7
• Download Windows 7 Beta Display Language Interface Packs (LIP and MUI for Client and Server R2)
• Change Soft Keys (Shortcuts) on Windows Mobile Today or Home Screen
• Windows Update and Windows Sidebar Problems after Using Vista MUI Tools to Install and Switch to New Language Pack
• Download Windows 7 RC Language Packs (MUI LIP x86 and x64)
• Display Windows Vista Built-In Aurora Startup/Boot Screen
• Download Windows 7 RTM 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) MUI Language Packs (Gold MSDN/TechNet ISO)
• Disable and Turn Off Windows XP Login Screen and Show Traditional NT Log On to Windows Box

This entry was posted on Thursday, May 28th, 2009 at 12:14 am and is filed under Windows 7. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.