Some Property Tabs In A Different Language

June 16, 2008

This is really odd.

I had to do a repair (In-place upgrade) install on a Dell Dimension 3000

running XP SP2. It was one of those systems that are supplied without an

installation disc, so I made one using the Dimension's I386 folder and another

Dell XP SP2 install disc for the rest of the stuff. The repair appeared to go

fine. However, when I went to check that all the device drivers had

re-installed OK, the My Computer; Properties; Hardware tab was not in English:

It seems to be in one of the Scandinavian languages. So does the IE(6) Tools

menu. There may be other places, but I haven't gone through everything yet.

It occurs to me that this may have resulted from either a registry corruption

during the repair process or from an incorrect dll having been picked up in

the process. Does anyone have any clues as to where I might start looking?

TIA

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