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(321521) - The Help files for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP incorrectly state that you can use a country= entry in the Config.nt file to enable the MS-DOS subsystem to use international time, dates, currency, case conversions, and decimal...

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Article ID: 321521 - Last Review: February 28, 2007 - Revision: 3.2

Documentation Error About the "country=" Entry in the Config.nt File

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This article was previously published under Q321521

SYMPTOMS

The Help files for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP incorrectly state that you can use a "country=" entry in the Config.nt file to "enable the MS-DOS subsystem to use international time, dates, currency, case conversions, and decimal separators."

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, note the following correct information. Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP all use the Regional Options (or Regional and Language Options) to determine how the time, date, currency, case conversions and decimal separators should be displayed. Also, when you run a program in a CMD or COMMAND window and there is a "country=" line in the Config.nt file, it is filtered out, and replaced with the Regional Settings from the currently logged on user.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
  • Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional
  • Microsoft BackOffice Server 2000
  • Microsoft BackOffice Server 4.0
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