keyboard language before login

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Lorenzo,

Start -- Run... Regedit

Navigate in the left pane to (and select the last -- Preload -- item)

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload

If you set in the right pane:

"1" 0000040C
"2" 0000040B
"3" 00000409

then the default keyboard layout on Welcome Screen will be the French
one, the second -- Finnish one, and the third -- English one.

--
Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
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On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:23:56 +0200, "Lorenzo Sandini"
<lorenzo.sandini@ukupistefi> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am using WinXP pro in english and when I installed it I was using a USB
>swiss-french logitech keyboard. I moved to Finland and changed my keyboard
>to a USB finnish one, and I previously removed the old one from the device
>manager.
>
>I also changed the input language settings, defaults for the keyboard to
>finnish (removed all other languages to be more precise), and the keyboard
>works like it should. I also changed the regional settings, etc...
>
>Problem is that before I log in, I need to enter my password, and it still
>needs to be entered with the swiss french key pattern (I need to press "z"
>on my keyboard to produce the "y" included in my password).
>
>I tried all I could to correct that, remove/change password, removed
>"hidden" keyboards from device manager, etc...
>
>Any idea about what I need to do to correct this ?
>
>Lorenzo
>www.brokenbones.d2g.com
>
>fu2 microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Great. The value there was 0000010c, it's now changed to the finnish value.

Thank you for your help.

Lorenzo


"Mikhail Zhilin" <mwz@x.REMOVEx.aha.ru> wrote in message
news:57kq3158kklos56itiksb0ss7tqgbmei99@4ax.com...
> Lorenzo,
>
> Start -- Run... Regedit
>
> Navigate in the left pane to (and select the last -- Preload -- item)
>
> HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload
>
> If you set in the right pane:
>
> "1" 0000040C
> "2" 0000040B
> "3" 00000409
>
> then the default keyboard layout on Welcome Screen will be the French
> one, the second -- Finnish one, and the third -- English one.
>
> --
> Mikhail Zhilin
> http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
> Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
> Please reply to the newsgroups only.
> ======
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:23:56 +0200, "Lorenzo Sandini"
> <lorenzo.sandini@ukupistefi> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am using WinXP pro in english and when I installed it I was using a USB
>>swiss-french logitech keyboard. I moved to Finland and changed my keyboard
>>to a USB finnish one, and I previously removed the old one from the device
>>manager.
>>
>>I also changed the input language settings, defaults for the keyboard to
>>finnish (removed all other languages to be more precise), and the keyboard
>>works like it should. I also changed the regional settings, etc...
>>
>>Problem is that before I log in, I need to enter my password, and it still
>>needs to be entered with the swiss french key pattern (I need to press "z"
>>on my keyboard to produce the "y" included in my password).
>>
>>I tried all I could to correct that, remove/change password, removed
>>"hidden" keyboards from device manager, etc...
>>
>>Any idea about what I need to do to correct this ?
>>
>>Lorenzo
>>www.brokenbones.d2g.com
>>
>>fu2 microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
>>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

You are welcome, Lorenzo.

BTW, can't even find what a language code 0000010c is...

--
Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
======
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:20:17 +0200, "Lorenzo Sandini"
<lorenzo.sandiniPOISTA@uku.fi> wrote:

>Great. The value there was 0000010c, it's now changed to the finnish value.
>
>Thank you for your help.
>
>Lorenzo
>
>
>"Mikhail Zhilin" <mwz@x.REMOVEx.aha.ru> wrote in message
>news:57kq3158kklos56itiksb0ss7tqgbmei99@4ax.com...
>> Lorenzo,
>>
>> Start -- Run... Regedit
>>
>> Navigate in the left pane to (and select the last -- Preload -- item)
>>
>> HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload
>>
>> If you set in the right pane:
>>
>> "1" 0000040C
>> "2" 0000040B
>> "3" 00000409
>>
>> then the default keyboard layout on Welcome Screen will be the French
>> one, the second -- Finnish one, and the third -- English one.
>>
<..>
>> On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:23:56 +0200, "Lorenzo Sandini"
>> <lorenzo.sandini@ukupistefi> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I am using WinXP pro in english and when I installed it I was using a USB
>>>swiss-french logitech keyboard. I moved to Finland and changed my keyboard
>>>to a USB finnish one, and I previously removed the old one from the device
>>>manager.
>>>
>>>I also changed the input language settings, defaults for the keyboard to
>>>finnish (removed all other languages to be more precise), and the keyboard
>>>works like it should. I also changed the regional settings, etc...
>>>
>>>Problem is that before I log in, I need to enter my password, and it still
>>>needs to be entered with the swiss french key pattern (I need to press "z"
>>>on my keyboard to produce the "y" included in my password).
>>>
>>>I tried all I could to correct that, remove/change password, removed
>>>"hidden" keyboards from device manager, etc...
>>>
>>>Any idea about what I need to do to correct this ?
>>>
>>>Lorenzo
>>>www.brokenbones.d2g.com
>>>
>>>fu2 microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
>>>
>>
>