can one prevent XP from switching the keyboard layout?

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From: Michael Moser (michael-nospam.moser_at_nospam.freesurf.ch)
Date: 11/24/04


Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:07:03 +0100

I occasionally have to switch my locale (i.e. language and location
settings, certain formatting like date/currency/etc.) for test
reasons. What's starting to drive me nuts is, that XP together with
this locale change also always defines a new keyboard layout and -
worse - if I do not each time explicitly delete that alternative
layout again - keeps occasionally but obviously randomly switching
between the two, i.e. I am writing some text and out of nowhere some
keys are suddenly redefined and produce garbage (i.e. produce the
characters they would have on a german keyboard). This is SO ANNOYING!

Can one somehow tell XP to LEAVE MY KEYBOARD LAYOUT UNTOUCHED,
dammit!!!!

Michael



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