non-Unicode programs on user account [Win XP Pro]

Hello everyone
I hope this is a right place for my question. I was searching the net for th
answer on this problem for hours but I didn't find anything useful. You are m
last resort guys :-)
I'm using a localized version of XP Professional with SP3. I have 2 accounts
one with the admin rights and a second one with restricted user privilege
(it'
used for every day work). The problem, I'm facing now, concerns non-Unicod
programs run under restricted user account. Menus in these applications ar
no
displayed properly (they are full of hashes). The problem doesn't occur on th
admin account. The advanced properties of Regional and Language Options ar
se
except "Apply all settings to the current user account and to the defaul
user profile" option. This one can't be selected permanently - each tim

start the Regional and Language Options applet this option turns unchecked
I tried the following

1. I changed the user account into an admin type temporally and starte
applications
2. I ran these applications on user account but with admin privileges (Run a
command)
3. I created a brand new admin account and ran the programs

Non of them helped (even a third one???). The only way to use thes
application
with correct menus is to run them on the admin account that was set as a firs
account during an operating system setup process
Any clues what's wrong? Thanks in advance for all your help
Regards
gordom

On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 07:01:20 -0600, gordom <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

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You might want to learn how to crosspost instead of multiposting
copies of the same message to different newsgroups.

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Try transposing the settings that are changed in the CURRENT_USER part of
the registry (re; your language options) to the USERS\.Default User hive.

(if you can be bothered)

Using the free registry detective tool - "Reg Shot" - you can discover just
which settings are changed after changing the in the Regional Options....

Otherwise - if you can't be bothered to learn how to do all that stuff -
it's probably the case that, if you abandon your user account and create a
brand new one - that all will be well with it!!

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"gordom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello everyone,
> I hope this is a right place for my question. I was searching the net for
> the
> answer on this problem for hours but I didn't find anything useful. You
> are my
> last resort guys :-).
> I'm using a localized version of XP Professional with SP3. I have 2
> accounts:
> one with the admin rights and a second one with restricted user
> privileges
> (it's
> used for every day work). The problem, I'm facing now, concerns
> non-Unicode
> programs run under restricted user account. Menus in these applications
> are
> not
> displayed properly (they are full of hashes). The problem doesn't occur
> on the
> admin account. The advanced properties of Regional and Language Options
> are
> set
> except &quot;Apply all settings to the current user account and to the
> default
> user profile&quot; option. This one can't be selected permanently - each
> time
> I
> start the Regional and Language Options applet this option turns
> unchecked.
> I tried the following:
>
> 1. I changed the user account into an admin type temporally and started
> applications.
> 2. I ran these applications on user account but with admin privileges
> (Run as
> command).
> 3. I created a brand new admin account and ran the programs.
>
> Non of them helped (even a third one???). The only way to use these
> applications
> with correct menus is to run them on the admin account that was set as a
> first
> account during an operating system setup process.
> Any clues what's wrong? Thanks in advance for all your help.
> Regards,
> gordom

W dniu 2010-12-12 19:57, Barry Schwarz pisze:
> On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 07:01:20 -0600, gordom<(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> snip
>
> You might want to learn how to crosspost instead of multiposting
> copies of the same message to different newsgroups.
>

Crossposting nor multiposting wasn't my intention. I had an access here
via web interface of some internet forum (till your post I didn't even
know that this is a Usenet group). Unfortunately something went wrong
during editing and my post was sent twice. Sorry for that.