XP dialog buttons now in German

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Some dialog box buttons in programs such as Wordpad, and NTI CD maker have
started showing up in German. I have tried switching to another
language/version of English (such As New Zealand English) but it stays the
same.

The only thing I can think of is I installed Antivir - a free virus
checking program from Germany. Even though it is the English version, I
know in the past some German stuff creeps in to their program (they had
some error messages in German at one point I think). Anyway, maybe it
changed some system stuff to the German version when it installed?

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might get thing back to normal
without a complete reinstall of XP?
 
Some dialog box buttons in programs such as Wordpad, and NTI CD maker have
started showing up in German. I have tried switching to another
language/version of English (such As New Zealand English) but it stays the
same.

The only thing I can think of is I installed Antivir - a free virus
checking program from Germany. Even though it is the English version, I
know in the past some German stuff creeps in to their program (they had
some error messages in German at one point I think). Anyway, maybe it
changed some system stuff to the German version when it installed?

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might get thing back to normal
without a complete reinstall of XP?
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I've not had that problem with AVG, however, if you think that's what
happened, then remove AVG. If things return to normal, you can always
download a later copy of AVG from Grisoft. It's free.
 
I've not had that problem with AVG, however, if you think that's what
happened, then remove AVG. If things return to normal, you can always
download a later copy of AVG from Grisoft. It's free.
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Thanks for your suggestion. It's not AVG I use btw, it's a product called
Antivir from http://www.free-av.com/ .

I tried uninstalling it, but no difference so I put it back. It was only a
suspicion anyway.

So, the mystery remains, how/why did XP decide to use german buttons in
some dialog boxes (and in wordpad's preview window)? More importantly, how
do I change it back to English?
 
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