group policies for Regional date setting

[rpa]

I want to use a specific short date format. When I change
it as a logged in user it retains it. If I use sysprep to
clone a system it will remove it and revert back to the
default setup. Is there a way to change a registry
setting or a group policy that can be pushed out to change
it to a specific short date ? I want it to be MMMM-DD-YY

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I want to use a specific short date format. When I change
it as a logged in user it retains it. If I use sysprep to
clone a system it will remove it and revert back to the
default setup. Is there a way to change a registry
setting or a group policy that can be pushed out to change
it to a specific short date ? I want it to be MMMM-DD-YY

Hi

In registry:

Under the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International

set the value sShortDate to "MM-dd-yy"

 

[Guest]

I submitted the wrong date format. I would like for it to
be YYYY-MM-DD. If this registry setting is changed will
it reflect the date for any uses that logs into our
domain ?

Thanks

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I submitted the wrong date format. I would like for it to
be YYYY-MM-DD.

Then you should use yyyy-MM-dd

If this registry setting is changed will it reflect
the date for any uses that logs into our domain ?

No, changes in HKEY_CURRENT_USER is for current user only.

To change it for future users of the computer, you need to change
it in the Default User profile:

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]
http://groups.google.com/[email protected]


You should be able to do this change even if you use Sysprep:

291586 How To Add Customized User Settings When You Run Sysprep
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=291586

305709 HOW TO: Create a Custom Default User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=305709

319974 How To Create a Custom Default User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=319974


Note that this is somewhat changed in WinXP SP2:

The mini-setup that runs after sysprep is run on a WinXP SP2 computer,
copies the Administrator profile over to the Default User profile (the
source for future new accounts). This copy step is new for SP2. If you
want to avoid this Administrator profile copying (to have it behave as
pre-SP2), rename the Administrator account.