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Policy CSP - TimeLanguageSettings Learn to use the Policy CSP - TimeLanguageSettings setting to specify the time zone to be applied to the device. dansimp article w10 windows dansimp medium 09/28/2021 dansimp

Policy CSP - TimeLanguageSettings


TimeLanguageSettings policies

TimeLanguageSettings/BlockCleanupOfUnusedPreinstalledLangPacks
TimeLanguageSettings/ConfigureTimeZone
TimeLanguageSettings/MachineUILanguageOverwrite
TimeLanguageSettings/RestrictLanguagePacksAndFeaturesInstall

TimeLanguageSettings/BlockCleanupOfUnusedPreinstalledLangPacks

Edition Windows 10 Windows 11
Home No No
Pro Yes Yes
Business Yes Yes
Enterprise Yes Yes
Education Yes Yes

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  • Device

This policy setting controls whether the maintenance task will run to clean up language packs installed on a machine but are not used by any users on that machine.

If you enable this policy setting (value 1), language packs that are installed as part of the system image will remain installed even if they are not used by any user on that system.

If you disable (value 0) or do not configure this policy setting, language packs that are installed as part of the system image but are not used by any user on that system will be removed as part of a scheduled clean up task.

ADMX Info:

  • GP Friendly name: Block cleanup of unused language packs
  • GP name: BlockCleanupOfUnusedPreinstalledLangPacks
  • GP path: Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Control Panel/Regional and Language Options
  • GP ADMX file name: Globalization.admx

TimeLanguageSettings/ConfigureTimeZone

Edition Windows 10 Windows 11
Home No No
Pro Yes Yes
Business Yes Yes
Enterprise Yes Yes
Education Yes Yes

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  • Device

Specifies the time zone to be applied to the device. This is the standard Windows name for the target time zone.

Tip

To get the list of available time zones, run Get-TimeZone -ListAvailable in PowerShell.


TimeLanguageSettings/MachineUILanguageOverwrite

Edition Windows 10 Windows 11
Home No No
Pro Yes Yes
Business Yes Yes
Enterprise Yes Yes
Education Yes Yes

Scope:

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  • Device

This policy setting controls which UI language is used for computers with more than one UI language installed.

If you enable this policy setting, the UI language of Windows menus and dialogs for systems with more than one language is restricted to a specified language. If the specified language is not installed on the target computer or you disable this policy setting, the language selection defaults to the language selected by the local administrator.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, there is no restriction of a specific language used for the Windows menus and dialogs.

ADMX Info:

  • GP Friendly name: Force selected system UI language to overwrite the user UI language
  • GP name: MachineUILanguageOverwrite
  • GP path: Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Control Panel/Regional and Language Options
  • GP ADMX file name: Globalization.admx

TimeLanguageSettings/RestrictLanguagePacksAndFeaturesInstall

Edition Windows 10 Windows 11
Home No No
Pro Yes Yes
Business Yes Yes
Enterprise Yes Yes
Education Yes Yes

Scope:

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  • Device

This policy setting restricts standard users from installing language features on demand. This policy does not restrict the Windows language, if you want to restrict the Windows language use the following policy: “Restricts the UI languages Windows should use for the selected user.”

If you enable this policy setting, the installation of language features is prevented for standard users.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, there is no language feature installation restriction for the standard users.