This tutorial will show you how to copy your account's language and region settings to the welcome screen (aka: lock screen), system accounts and new user accounts in Windows 11.
You can copy your account's current display language, keyboard input language, date and time regional format, and country or region geographic location (GeoID) settings to the Welcome screen and system accounts and/or New user accounts to change them to be the same as your account (current user).
You must be sign in as an administrator to copy your language and region settings to the welcome screen, system accounts and new user accounts.
Contents
- Option One: Copy Language and Region Settings to Welcome Screen, System Accounts, and New Users in Settings
- Option Two: Copy Language and Region Settings to Welcome Screen, System Accounts, and New Users in Control Panel
Copy Language and Region Settings to Welcome Screen, System Accounts, and New Users in Settings
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Time & language on the left side, and click/tap on Language & region on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Under Additional settings, click/tap on the Copy button for Copy current user settings to welcome screen and system accounts if wanted. (see screenshot below step 4)
4 Under Additional settings, click/tap on the Copy button for Copy current user settings to new user accounts if wanted. (see screenshot below)
5 You will now see a check mark next to each successfully copied setting. (see screenshot below)
6 You can now close Settings if you like.
Copy Language and Region Settings to Welcome Screen, System Accounts, and New Users in Control Panel
1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Region icon.
2 In the Administrative tab, click/tap on the Copy settings button for "Welcome screen and new user accounts". (see screenshot below)
3 Check Welcome screen and system accounts if you want to copy the Current user settings to it. (see screenshot below step 7)
4 Check New user accounts if you want to copy the Current user settings to it. (see screenshot below step 7)
5 Click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
6 If changes were made to the display language for Welcome screen and system accounts, then you will be prompted to click/tap on Restart now to apply. (see screenshot below)
Clicking on Restart now will immediately restart the computer. Be sure to save and close anything you want first.
7 Click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
8 You can close Settings if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
Related Tutorials
- Change Display Language in Windows 11
- Change Keyboard Layout in Windows 11
- Change Regional Format in Windows 11
- Change Lock Screen Time to 12 or 24 hour Clock Format in Windows 11
- Change Country or Region Geographic Location (GeoID) in Windows 11
- Enable or Disable Unicode UTF-8 for Worldwide Language Support in Windows 11
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