New users inherit the date format values that were established for the default user when Windows was installed on the machine. To modify the date format (e.g., so that the date appears as day/month/year instead of month/day/year), perform the following steps:

1. Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
2. Navigate to the HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International registry subkey.
3. Double-click sShortDate.
4. Set the value to the date format desired (e.g., dd/mm/yyyy), then click OK. You can also modify the sLongDate value to change the long date format (e.g., dd/mmmm/yyyy), then click OK.
5. Close the registry editor.