Article ID: 250449 - Last Review: January 27, 2007 - Revision: 1.2 Error Message: One or More of the Characters You Typed in this Field Are Invalid. Try Typing Different...This article was previously published under Q250449 IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you
modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore
the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the
registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/EN-US/
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Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
SYMPTOMS
When you try to change the short or long date style settings in the Regional Settings tool in Control Panel, you may receive the following error message:
One or more of the characters you typed in this field are invalid. Try typing different characters.
CAUSE
This issue can occur if the following registry key is missing:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International
RESOLUTIONWARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may
require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve
problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own
risk. To resolve this issue, add the following registry key and its associated string values, and then restart your computer:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International
iMeasure "1"iNegCurr "0" Locale "00000409" sShortDate "MM/dd/yyyy" sLongDate "MMMM dd,yyyy" | Article Translations
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