title: How to change system default regional settings in windows XP?
body: <p>How can I change the system-default regional settings in windows XP for use by services (run by the system user)?</p>
  
  <p>Regional and Language Options in the control panel modify the settings for the logged-in user. However, services don't use the user's settings - they use the system settings. I know that they can be found in the registry here: </p>
  
  <pre><code>HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International
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  <p>My question is: What mechanism is there for changing the system-language/date/etc from en-us to en-gb?</p>