Microsoft KB Archive/227289

= Some Regional Settings May Not Be Retained When Upgrading from Windows 95 or Windows 98 =

Article ID: 227289

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q227289



SYMPTOMS
When you upgrade your computer from Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98 to Windows 2000 Professional, your regional settings (you user locale and input locale) may not be retained.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the name of the locale has been changed in Windows 2000, or if the locale is not supported in Windows 2000.



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



MORE INFORMATION
This behavior can occur if you use any of the following regional settings in Windows 95 or Windows 98:
 * Estonian
 * French (Standard)
 * Greek
 * Polish
 * Russian

Additional query words: migrate

Keywords: kbbug kbpending kbupgrade KB227289

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