ORA-12705 Error Message while trying to connect to the DB

A colleague of mine has been trying to connect to the DB through PL/SQL Developer. The error message returned is :
ORA-12705: invalid or unknown NLS parameter value specified
Checked the registry for NLS_LANG which is set to NA. I did that because the ORA message references the NLS_LANG parameter. However, I doubt that is the problem. Went about to create a new TNS Name entry through Oracle NET Manager and get the same Error Message while performing the TEST function.
Any clues ? I am clueless at this point.

This can occur with any NLS_ environment variable of registry value.
Your assertion ' the ORA message references the NLS_LANG parameter' is incorrect.
You can set NLS_TERRITORY, NLS_DATE_FORMAT etc, etc, etc.
The order of precedence is environment variable, registry, Oracle provided default.
To find out what is going on set every NLS related environment variable to the empty string.
In sqlplus
select * from v$nls_valid_values
will show you what can be set,
This error will also occur when you installed the software with English as the only language.
SQL developer doesn't use tnsnames.ora
The new tnsname entry has nothing to do with it.
You have an incorrect environment variable or registry value somewhere
(in HKLM\software\oracle)
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

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