When I startup the Tablet PC edition 2005 I get the UK keyboard layout due
to an install mistake I made by specifying UK rathar than US. Within Windows
I have been able to correct this with language settings and specifying a US
keyboard. However when I type Ctrl-alt-del or when I restart I get again the
UK layout. Where can I fix this?

"stan" wrote:

> When I startup the Tablet PC edition 2005 I get the UK keyboard layout due
> to an install mistake I made by specifying UK rathar than US. Within Windows
> I have been able to correct this with language settings and specifying a US
> keyboard. However when I type Ctrl-alt-del or when I restart I get again the
> UK layout. Where can I fix this?

Make sure you change both the keyboard language AND layout. They are
independent settings. Do it when logged in at the machine Administrator -
some settings require that rather than being a member of Admin group.

In message <A3B08765-3EE9-4707-ADB2-236268369106@microsoft.com>, Mike
Williams <MikeWilliams@discussions.microsoft.com> writes
>
>
>"stan" wrote:
>
>> When I startup the Tablet PC edition 2005 I get the UK keyboard layout due
>> to an install mistake I made by specifying UK rathar than US. Within Windows
>> I have been able to correct this with language settings and specifying a US
>> keyboard. However when I type Ctrl-alt-del or when I restart I get again the
>> UK layout. Where can I fix this?
>
>Make sure you change both the keyboard language AND layout. They are
>independent settings. Do it when logged in at the machine Administrator -
>some settings require that rather than being a member of Admin group.

Stan

Make a quick check in the registry. I think the registry key that
controls the keyboard layout is

HKEY_USERS\XXXXXXX\Control Panel\International\locale

where XXXXXXX is the identity of the user. There is one key for each
user identity on the system.

It sounds as if the .DEFAULT user (which Windows seems to use before
anyone logs in) has its locale set to 00000809 which is the UK keyboard
layout.

Compare this with your own user whose locale is probably set to
00000409 which is the US code.

I have no idea how to change the .DEFAULT user settings other than by
editing the registry. I have done so in the past to change the
appearance of the desktop during startup.

YOU DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK - as always.

Regards
--
Peter R Cook

Peter,

Many thanks. Your registry edit solved the problem!

Regards, Stan


On 28/7/05 19:39, in article b83B1MEOhR6CFwT9@wisty.plus.com, "Peter R Cook"
<PCook@wisty.plus.com> wrote:

> In message <A3B08765-3EE9-4707-ADB2-236268369106@microsoft.com>, Mike
> Williams <MikeWilliams@discussions.microsoft.com> writes
>>
>>
>> "stan" wrote:
>>
>>> When I startup the Tablet PC edition 2005 I get the UK keyboard layout due
>>> to an install mistake I made by specifying UK rathar than US. Within Windows
>>> I have been able to correct this with language settings and specifying a US
>>> keyboard. However when I type Ctrl-alt-del or when I restart I get again the
>>> UK layout. Where can I fix this?
>>
>> Make sure you change both the keyboard language AND layout. They are
>> independent settings. Do it when logged in at the machine Administrator -
>> some settings require that rather than being a member of Admin group.
>
> Stan
>
> Make a quick check in the registry. I think the registry key that
> controls the keyboard layout is
>
> HKEY_USERS\XXXXXXX\Control Panel\International\locale
>
> where XXXXXXX is the identity of the user. There is one key for each
> user identity on the system.
>
> It sounds as if the .DEFAULT user (which Windows seems to use before
> anyone logs in) has its locale set to 00000809 which is the UK keyboard
> layout.
>
> Compare this with your own user whose locale is probably set to
> 00000409 which is the US code.
>
> I have no idea how to change the .DEFAULT user settings other than by
> editing the registry. I have done so in the past to change the
> appearance of the desktop during startup.
>
> YOU DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK - as always.
>
> Regards

"Peter R Cook" wrote:
> I have no idea how to change the .DEFAULT user settings other than by
> editing the registry. I have done so in the past to change the
> appearance of the desktop during startup.

I think this is done by being logged on as machine Administrator as
suggested in my post.