Re: Keyboard layout problem

"Olof Lagerkvist" wrote:
| Hi,
|
| I have a problem with keyboard layouts on a Windows Server 2003 with SP2
| (all updates installed). Regardless of which keyboard layout a user
| selects, either on the server console or in a terminal session on the
| server, it is still the US English keyboard layout when typing on the
| keyboard.

Do you use the built-in Language bar or a third party application to change
the layouts? I use the built-in and it usualy works, and eventually stops
working from time to time. But even then I can always use the alternative
ALT+SHIFT+1,2,3 to change the layout.

| The keyboard layout indicator in the system tray shows that the user has
| changed layouts, it for example switches between EN, SV, DA if the user
| has these layouts installed and swithes between them with Alt+Shift, but
| still the US English layout when typing.

This looks strange, can you try to remove all layouts and reinstall them
again?
Also please note that for instance I can select English UK input language,
but assign the German Keyboard layout/IME to it, so that it will display EN,
but work like a German keyboard layout.
I use this config because I mostly use English and Bulgarian layouts (I
change it with CTRL+SHIFT). But when I am on English layoyt, I can press
ALT+SHIFT (change between english layouts) where in my case my secondary
English layout is defacto German.
That way I do not have to cycle through German layout every time I change
EN-BG.

| I even tried to install MS Keyboad Layout creator and create a new
| keyboard layout. Everything fine, no errors or warnings, but still after
| installing the new layout and selecting it, it is still the US English
| layout. An interesting thing maybe is that if I on this machine try to
| import an existing keyboard layout into MSKLC it always gives me the US
| English layout, regardless of which layout I select in the list of
| installed layouts. That happens even if I import keyboard layouts I have
| created myself.

Where can I get the MS keyboard Layout creator from?

| If I open the source file for the layout it is correct however. If I
| have opened a MSKLC source file I can test the keyboad layout in the
| test dialog within the program and the keyboard layout works as expected
| there, but not when I actually install it in Windows.
|
| I am a little lost about what to do here actually, anyone have any idea
| about what could have gone wrong on this server?

As a backup variant: Try setting ALT+SHIFT+1=EN; ALT+SHIFT+2=SV;
ALT+SHIFT+3=DA...
Sometimes on my computer the main switch (you use ALT+SHIFT and I use
CTRL+SHIFT) will stop working, but the alternative keyboard layout change
shortcuts: ALT+SHIFT+(1,2,3) always work for me.

When such a problems occures, I must go to:
Regional and Language Options >> Languages >> [Details] >> Advanced, then
Turn off advanced text services, and then turn back on. -- In order to make
the main swith work again.

Another problem is that sometimes I press CTRL+SHIFT but it won't change the
layout and I have to press it again, until it finally changes the layout.
Microsoft should really redesign the keyboard input change shortcut
handling! The current one is very problematic.

Another bug in the "Language Bar" (if minimized to task-bar) is only when I
logon to the terminal server on Windows 2003 SP2 Enterprise, there will be 2
language bars:
one is called "Language Bar" - this is the one that works.
the other is called "The Language Bar" - this one empty and only takes space
and couses other problems.


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