Thanks for your answer. I might try to find a suitable registry tweak ! No, actually I am just installing a French version of WinXP, but these versions include French (Canada), French (France), French (Belgium), etc... It looks like the default behaviour for keyboard autdetection during textmode setup is to detect any AZERTY keyboard as French (France), without further investigation... Just a guess, of course. I'm still interested in better solution, but thanks for your tip !