registry keyboard entry? (winXP pro)

[corosus]

hi,

i need to change the default keyboard settings in a winows-xp pro (i accidently instlled it qwerty- no prob for me, but the people who use the system don't like loging on while in qwerty, cause thier keyboard is a azerty)

i know i need to do this in the registry (cause these are startup parameters) but i have no idea what vaue i should change (and how i can change it to the correct type of azerty ("belgian point")

thanks

[Statica]

Go to: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload\
You should see something that looks like: 1 - REG_SZ - 00000409 .. double click on the key and change the value to: 0000080C for the Belgian Period keyboard or 0001080C for the Belgian Comma keyboard layout (These values are available from: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts).

You can also tweak the hotkey (or re-assign one if you removed it before) to switch between kb layouts by going to CONTROL PANEL > Regional and Language Settings > Languages Tab > Click the Details button in "Text Services and input Languages"; you should see the kb's that you have installed .. select one and click Key settings; you can now assign shortcuts to switch between keyboards.

[corosus]

thanks man, just what i needed