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Keyboard Locked to US Setting

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by dee46

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Hi, I hope there is someone out there who can answer this question that is really beginning to bug me! I have been setting up a reconditioned desktop for a friend and have found it impossible to change the keyboard settings from US to UK. I have of course done the obvious, gone into Control Panel, Regional and Language Options and selected English (United Kingdom) and clicked apply but although that works OK on date format, time and currency etc the keyboard (a standard one) stays stubbornly in US with the keys in a different position from that we use here. Do I need a new driver and if so, where would I get it? Or is there any other workaround? Hope someone can help while I still have some hair left...

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by older mycroft

If you mean the legends on the keys, then you've got a keyboard that was designed for the US market.

A new British keyboard will only cost about ?10.

by dee46

Thanks Mycroft but it's a standard UK keyboard that I've used on other computers without problems.

by 1bn0

Regional and Language options.
Language tab.
Details button
Add button.
select language and keyboard layout.

The UK language may not have actually been installed when Windows was installed.

by dee46

Thanks, that was a good idea but one I have already tried - I found the settings when I investigated further but unfortunately it didn't work so I think you are right and the UK language wasn't installed. However, as the unit only came with a reinstall disc, not full Windows, I suspect even if I go back to the beginning and start again I'll just find the same problem. Does anyone know of a patch or registry hack that would sort it?

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