How to change Keyboard layout on startup / logon screen

[Gerrit Horeis]

Hi NG,

I've installed Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition on a server as
english version. In my personal account I set the language and
keyboard layout to german.

Because this server should become a Terminal Server for people
speaking and writing in different languages I want to make the
keyboard layout for the login screen changeable. Is it possible? How
do I achieve that?

Now there is a litte "EN" box in one corner of the login screen, but I
cannot select another value....

Who knows a solution?

Thanks in advance!

--
Gerrit Horeis

Software Developer
CI-Gate Development & Consulting GmbH
http://www.ci-gate.de
http://www.xira.de

 

[Gerrit Horeis]

This is a very annoying thing! It is not possible to login if the
Passwords contains chars like ö,ä,ü,...

Please help!

 

[Denis Lamothe]

Hi there,

Yes, you can change this with a registry modification.

The modification takes place in HKEY_USER\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload

You need to add the keyboards you want with the right value. You can find a
list of the value you can use. The name... 1, 2... and so on will be all
keybaords avaiable at the logon screen, and the 1 being the default one.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138354

This KB relates to win2k but it's also true for XP and 2k3
"Gerrit Horeis" <Gerrit.Horeis@web.de> wrote in message
news:1186572071.219927.248790@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> Hi NG,
>
> I've installed Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition on a server as
> english version. In my personal account I set the language and
> keyboard layout to german.
>
> Because this server should become a Terminal Server for people
> speaking and writing in different languages I want to make the
> keyboard layout for the login screen changeable. Is it possible? How
> do I achieve that?
>
> Now there is a litte "EN" box in one corner of the login screen, but I
> cannot select another value....
>
> Who knows a solution?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> --
> Gerrit Horeis
>
> Software Developer
> CI-Gate Development & Consulting GmbH
> http://www.ci-gate.de
> http://www.xira.de
>

 

[Ken Zhao [MSFT]]

Hello Denis,

Thank you for your information sharing.

Thanks & Regards,

Ken Zhao

Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

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| Hi there,
|
| Yes, you can change this with a registry modification.
|
| The modification takes place in HKEY_USER\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload
|
| You need to add the keyboards you want with the right value. You can find
a
| list of the value you can use. The name... 1, 2... and so on will be all
| keybaords avaiable at the logon screen, and the 1 being the default one.
|
| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138354
|
| This KB relates to win2k but it's also true for XP and 2k3
| "Gerrit Horeis" <Gerrit.Horeis@web.de> wrote in message
| news:1186572071.219927.248790@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
| > Hi NG,
| >
| > I've installed Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition on a server as
| > english version. In my personal account I set the language and
| > keyboard layout to german.
| >
| > Because this server should become a Terminal Server for people
| > speaking and writing in different languages I want to make the
| > keyboard layout for the login screen changeable. Is it possible? How
| > do I achieve that?
| >
| > Now there is a litte "EN" box in one corner of the login screen, but I
| > cannot select another value....
| >
| > Who knows a solution?
| >
| > Thanks in advance!
| >
| > --
| > Gerrit Horeis
| >
| > Software Developer
| > CI-Gate Development & Consulting GmbH
| > http://www.ci-gate.de
| > http://www.xira.de
| >
|
|
|