Solved Keyboard layout!

xchris

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Hello,

I have the win8 upgrade (previous OS was win7 ultimate).

The OS goes very well, so far, just a minor problem...

From time to time I noticed there is installed a US keyboard, I am UK based and any setup keyboard/date etc are in UK format. Also when I installed the windows I selected (autodetected) the UK settings.

Well, this is very strange...

Also, I noticed that the US keyboard does not exist on the layouts (I am using Greek and UK), so in order to get rid of this, I have to add and the remove the US keyboard, but after a while re-appears!

thanx in advance for any ideas/help...

chris
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro x64
Did you reinstall the keyboard driver from keyboard vendor? In windows it will install the generic driver just so the device will function but to use the keyboards full functionality you have to install the keyboard driver. With the auto detect enabled windows will sometimes install the incorrect drivers.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom build
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X 4 965 BE
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4
    Memory
    G-Skill 8 GB PC 8500
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD XFX HD Radeon 6790D
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2l Samsung SyncMaster S20B300
    Screen Resolution
    1600 X 900
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 320 GB w/OS
    Seagate Barracuda 1 TB data storage
    PSU
    Ultra X4 750 watt fully modular
    Case
    Thermaltake OverSeer RX 1 fulltower
    Cooling
    Cooler Master Hyper212 120mm
    Keyboard
    Logitech G510
    Mouse
    Razor DeathAdder 3.5
No, the keyboard is a HP PS2 one, the win8 did not need to install any special driver for this.

I think I just discovered the problem, but I need to do some tests: I can see that when I run the DosBOX SVN , a US layout is
added automatically... now how the fsck an app can "hijack" the keyboard, I am very curious about it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro x64
well... I managed to track the problem!

Its caused by the SDL library! The developer of that DosBOX SVN , wrote me to try the program with SDL_VIDEODRIVER=DIRECTX
, the app was running with SDL_VIDEODRIVER=WINDIB.

Then I did some tests with other SDL applications and guess that... all of them they installed the US layout on the language bar.
Note that the registry was "intact" .. I mean there was NO entry on the HCU\Keyboard Layout\Preload, just on the language bar.

I think I have to ask the SDL forums about it...
For now I managed to get rid of this problem:

I just renamed the HLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Keyboard Layouts\00000409 (ie the US) to 00000409a

NO more US layout on language bar ! \o/

cheers
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro x64
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