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<div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Changing Key board layout in windows using Registry<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<div>you can change the keyboard layout using the keyboard control panel applet (start &#8211; settings &#8211; control panel &#8211; keyboard &#8211; Input Locales) however this does not affect the layout used during logon (which is by default English (United States).</div>
<p><span lang="EN-US">To change this performs the following: </span></p>
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<li style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Start the registry editor ; (regedit.exe)</li>
<li style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Move to<span style="color: blue;"> HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTKeyboard LayoutPreload</span></li>
<li style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Double click on 1 and change the number to your local layout (you could get this by looking at <span style="color: blue;">HKEY_CURRENT_USERKeyboard LayoutPreload1)</span><span style="color: red;">.</span> Click OK</li>
<li style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">You may also change <span style="color: blue;">HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelInternationalLocale </span>to this value however it is not mandatory to do so.</li>
<li style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Close the registry editor</li>
<li style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Logoff and then on again</li>
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<p><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">Make sure you select a country code that has been installed via the control panel otherwise your system will not boot.</span></span><br /><span lang="EN-US">A table of the codes to the countries is given below: These can also be seen in the registry at <span style="color: blue;">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlKeyboard LayoutDosKeybCodes</span></span></p>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" style="mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt; width: 81.92%;">
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<tr style="height: 26.2pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>00000402</div>
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<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>Bulgarian</div>
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<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>0000041b<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Slovak<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 26.2pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>0000041a</div>
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<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>Croatian</div>
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<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>00000424<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Slovenian<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr style="height: 26.2pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>00000405</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>Czech</div>
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<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>0000080a<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Spanish (Mexican)<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 25.45pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="height: 25.45pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>00000406</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 25.45pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>Danish</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 25.45pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 25.45pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>0000040a<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 25.45pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Spanish (Traditional Sort)<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 25.45pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="height: 25.45pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>00000413</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 25.45pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>Dutch (Standard)</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 25.45pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 25.45pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>00000c0a<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 25.45pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Spanish (Modern Sort)<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 26.2pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>00000813</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>Dutch (Belgian)</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>0000041d<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Swedish<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr style="height: 42.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="height: 42.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>00000409</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 42.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>English (<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>)</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 42.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 42.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>0000041f<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 42.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Turkish<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 41.65pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="height: 41.65pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>00000809</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 41.65pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>English (<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United Kingdom</st1:place></st1:country-region>)</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 41.65pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 41.65pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>0000041b<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 41.65pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Slovak<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 26.2pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>00001009</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>English (Canadian)</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>00000424<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 26.2pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Slovenian<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 42.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="height: 42.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>00001409</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 42.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>English (<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Zealand</st1:place></st1:country-region>)</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 42.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 42.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>0000080a<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 42.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Spanish (Mexican)<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 7.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>00000c09</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>English (Australian)</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>0000040e<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Hungarian<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 7.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>0000040b</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>Finnish</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>0000040f<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Icelandic<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 7.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>0000040c </div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>French (Standard)</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>00001809<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>English (Irish)<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 7.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>0000080c</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>French (Belgian)</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>00000410<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Italian (Standard)<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 7.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>0000100c</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>French (Swiss)</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>00000810<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Italian (Swiss)<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 7.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>00000c0c</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>French (Canadian)</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>00000414<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Norwegian (Bokmal)<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 7.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 16;">
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>00000407</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>German (Standard)</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>00000814 <o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Norwegian (Nynorsk)<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 7.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 17;">
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>00000807</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>German (Swiss)</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>00000415 <o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Polish<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 7.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 18;">
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>00000c07</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>German (Austrian)</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>0000040e<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Hungarian<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 7.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 19; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.64%;" width="13%">
<div>00000408</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 25.38%;" width="25%">
<div>Greek</div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<div></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 13.66%;" width="13%">
<div>0000040f<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 7.4pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 31.28%;" width="31%">
<div>Icelandic<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div></div>
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