Changing the operating system language for Windows

Change the operating system language for Windows.

Procedure

To change the operating system language for Windows servers, for example from English to German (de_DE), complete these steps:

  1. Choose one of these options:
    Option Description

    Windows Server 2012

    		 On the Dashboard page, hover the mouse over the lower left corner of the page next to the Server Manager taskbar button, and then click Start.

    Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019

    		 Click Start.
  2. Click Control Panel .
  3. Click Clock, Language, and Region > Region and Language.
    Tip: The exact links that you click might vary between the different versions of Windows. For example, Region and Language might be separate links in more recent versions of Windows. In those cases, click Language.
  4. On the Format tab, select a language and click OK.
    Tip: The exact links that you click might vary between the different versions of Windows. For example, you might need to click the Administrative tab rather than the Format tab to change the system locale.
  5. Restart all the IBM Spectrum Control services or restart the Windows server.