WinXP PE Input Language

[kevlar]

Hi Everyone,

I'm not very familiar with WinPE, so maybe this can't be done...

But I'm trying to implement an option to change the keyboard input language in WinXP-PE-v5.1.2600 by modifying the registry and rebooting. I heard somewhere that Vista PE allows for this kind of change, "on the fly", but unfortunately, I'm limited to XP PE for now.

I have an autoit script that scans the reg key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts

...for available languages, populates a drop menu allowing the user to select a language, writes the selection to the following two keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload

...then reboots... presumably with the new input language in effect.

Trouble is, after a reboot the registry seems to be refreshed and the new setting doesn't keep. Can anyone recommend a more suitable method for doing this than modifying the registry? Is there a deeper source for registry settings that I can get to before the registry is initialized?

Thanks for any assistance...

kevlar

[Tripredacus]

Yes, the changes do not stay because you are editing the registry on the Ramdrive. You should try to load the hive(s) for your source, and make these changes.

I am not familiar with working with Win PE 1.x versions, so I do not know if it even has a hive to edit.

[kevlar]

Thanks for the quick response... I guess the trick now is determining where to load the hive from...

anybody?

[Tripredacus]

The hives should be in the same place they are in XP. Which is WINDOWS\system32\config.