Problems with Measure Up tests.

I got strange problems with Microsoft Press Training Kit. They were crashing in almost all use cases that I tried. When starting a test with a timer I used to had this exception:




I got other exceptions when I wanted to score my test too:




Measure Up Support gave me this as a solution:

Hello,

This error indicates there is an incompatibility issue between our test and the settings on the PC. In the control panel, please double click on the icon labeled Regional Settings. Please choose English (United States), and click the box that says "use default properties for this input locale."

Alternatively, in the regional settings, look at the Currency tab. If it is set the decimal symbol to . (dot) instead of , (coma), that may be enough to get it working properly.

If the trouble persists, try setting the keyboard language layout to English (United States). In the control panel, double click on the icon labeled "Keyboard". Then click on the tab labeled input locales. Select the Add button. And then choose English (United States) as the input locale.

Thank you
Tammie
Customer Support Specialist

Obviously their tests run good in US only :). This is an example for how much important it is to implement globalization.
The good part is that that solution works.