Regional Settings:

CheckWriter takes currency setting, numbers, and dates from your computer system.  If you have the incorrect date on your computer, CheckWriter will also print the incorrect date.

Regional settings can cause the following:

$12.00 becomes $1200.00
Dollars display at British Pounds or Yen
[These are currency settings]

5/18/02 becomes 18/5/02
[These are date settings]

Check Number 5000 becomes 50.00
[These are number settings]

Here are screen shots of the regional settings that will achieve the best results - 

Click MY COMPUTER then CONTROL PANEL then REGIONAL SETTINGS:

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