Exactly the same has happened to me (ie Chinese then Swedish). As others have said it happened directly after an update, so I am guessing it is a bug. Please Microsoft pick this up and sort it - its unnecessary and very annoying.....
Chinese characters on the first screen after switch on
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The screen before I put my PIN in (I don't know if that is the lock screen or called something else) has suddenly started to use Chinese traditional language. I have checked and updated the region in control panel and copied the settings to lock screen and even ticked the new use box, as suggested by other solutions. I've rebooted several times but it still comes back as Chinese. When I click on the area that (I assume is saying) I want more information on the screen, it opens up MSN page with Chinese stories and information. How do I change the settings to show English text again?
Why has this happened? I have not changed any settings in my system prior to now.
I also can't get a screenshot because as soon as I touch a key the PIN request screen comes up replacing the screen with the Chinese characters in it.
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2024-01-29T13:53:36+00:00 Same thing happened to me as well. I believe it is due to new updates. ANyway, I read all threads and followed some. What worked for me was:
Change the lock screen image (Lock screen settings) to a normal image instead of Windows spotlight. Then lock--unlock. Go back to the lock screen settings and again set the image to windows spotlight. And it worked. Now on the lock screen, the text is not chinese anymore, rather english. Pretty weird but it worked!
Thanks everyone! :)
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Anonymous
2024-01-29T10:06:22+00:00 I have the same issue after having my Windows 11 updated recently. Has anyone found out how to solve this?
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Anonymous
2024-01-29T09:42:55+00:00 The same thing happened to my girlfriend's laptop starting today, also on 23H2, even though the update was a few days ago.
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Anonymous
2024-01-29T09:36:38+00:00 Same problem started today - changed the internal language as suggested but still in chinese