HOW TO Change Regional Settings in Windows 7

1. Click Start and click  Control Panel.

 2. In Category view, click Clock, Language, And Region, and then click Region And Language.

3. In the Formats tab, click the  Format drop-down list, and select the primary language and region in
     which the computer will be used. This changes the standards and formats that will be used by default.

 4. Customize the date and time formats by clicking the down arrow associated with each setting and
      selecting the option that you want.

 5. Click Additional Settings and then go to the individual tabs for  numbers, currency, time, and date;
      and set how you want these items displayed. Click OK.

 6. Review the Location, Keyboards And Languages , and Administrative  tabs, and make any desired
     changes.

 7. When you have set up the regional settings the way you want, click OK.