Chinese characters on the first screen after switch on

Anonymous
2024-01-09T12:53:49+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-13T21:34:27+00:00

    That doesn't work.

    I've switched to English on msn but it's still in Chinese at first

    It keeps going

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-13T21:27:24+00:00

    I have exactly the same problem.

    I've tried everything, changing languages, regions, resetting browsers, etc.

    I've spent hours on the internet researching but I haven't managed to solve the problem.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-13T18:50:06+00:00

    I may have found a solution.
    I contacted live support and they are now aware of the issue. they suggested a windows restore which would solve it.

    But what worked for me is much simpler.

    1- I went to settings/personalization : switched from windows spotlight to picture
    2- Tried to lock the screen but no change

    3- switched back to windows spotlight

    now it's back in english. hope this helps

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-13T16:57:42+00:00

    All I did was go to "Lock Screen Settings" and under the 1st Tab "Personalize your Lock Screen" by default it would be "Windows Spotlight" what I did was I changed it to "Picture" and that'll remove all the stuff, it'll just remain blank and just show the time alone. I didn't like this so I changed it back to "Windows Spotlight" and that seemed to sort out the problem.

    Prior to doing this I had changed my time and date settings etc. and restarted but that did not help. So that's what I did and it worked.

    Unfortunately - reverting back to Windows Spotlight again after setting the welcome screen to picture did not work for me!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-13T16:31:44+00:00

    I tried this but upon restart the language reverts to Chinese. :-(

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