Windows 10: Microsoft Windows 9 Team: Please understand some of us live abroad!

It is also mails from MS. I get mine in French but would rather English. I tried asking in the microsoft support forums 6 months ago but unsurprisingly got no response.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...9-546188c35a8d

 

In my 35 years of Operating System development, national language support has always been a pain in the neck. You need the local company organizations to do it and they are often ill equipped to do the job. In many cases they had assigned people that were useless in other departments - and the results were accordingly.

I had made it a habit since day one to use the English versions and literature because for all IT, English is the base. During the few years I worked in the German branch of my company I had the hardest time because I was completely unfamiliar with the German terminology.

Still today, the few times I peeked into the German forums, I was completely lost. The only thing I learned is that Properties = Eigenschaften. LOL.

 

The subject has been raised a couple of times on the Windows 8 forum.
I am, and have always been, in earlier OSs, a sufferer.
My situation is worst. For family reasons, I live in Denmark. I am English and like any good, lazy, Englishman, am unable to learn to speak any respectable Danish. But, it is an absolute requirement, living here, that I have had to use certain Danish principles in my customisation.
I too, am tired of being directed to sites in Danish, when I have only typed in an English sentence in the search box.
I even, on installation of several third party programs, get the initial popup windows in Danish.
I have queried this on forums, even those directly under the supervision of Microsoft. Many suggestions have been made over the years, none have worked.
It irritates, but I have had to learn to live with it.

 

Yeah right. I have the same problem when I Google something in Germany. I get all kinds of German sites, but the familiar English sites are hidden on page 5 - if any.

 

Still waiting on a bottle of your famous German Wine hidden in your cellar.*Smile
DW

 

Come to Germany and we'll drink it together - although my stock is dwindling fast.

 

Wheres Aboard been all over this planet and just don't remember finding a country called "Aboard."*Doh

 

On a ship?

 

. . .and planes . . .*Roflmao2

 

For me, abroad is Germany.

 

You had it right Kari, I think a few are being silly.

In San Francisco are quite a few that live a broad *Wink

 

I'm quite honestly sick of this. Please Microsoft fix the localization and language behavior in next major update.

This from today, adding a new Windows Phone to Windows 8.1 Update 1. First background:

• Lumia phone set to use English language and UK regional formats, location UK
• Windows 8.1 laptop display language English (UK), input language Finnish, location UK. Windows installed from 8.1 Update 1 English (UK) ISO file

And this is what I get when adding the phone to Windows Phone App:

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I really am wondering how difficult it would be to get Windows to understand that my regional settings both in phone and computer in no way suggest Windows should use German with me. My physical location should really mean nothing, it's my regional settings that Windows should check.

I repeat: My Windows should not show anything in German or in any other language than English. Hai capito?

A frustrated