Which files to manually edit to change keyboard layout to "US"

[leogets]

Hello,

I used nlite v1.4.7 some time ago to make an xp cd. However, somehow the keyboard layout is set to "United States-International" Hence '2409' but prior it use to be set to "1009".

The US keyboard layout is "0409" but which files would I have to edit (make the changes to) in order for the keyboard layout to show up in the end as "US" / "0409"

In the files Last Session..., WINNT.SIFand HIVESYS.INF not sure of other files .... some sort of suspession that either all or some of these files would have to be edited in order to reflect the changes needed.

could someone please help and point me in the right direction.

Thanks

[Ponch]

You're sure you want to make a cd and reinstall just for that instead of changing this in the registry or create a reg file ?

Why would you edit Last Session manually if you intend to run nlite with it anyway and so get the GUI?

[myselfidem]

Hard job...But you can try to edit:

1 - WINNT.SIF:

Section: (example)

[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=1
Language="040c"
SystemLocale="040c"
UserLocale="100c"
UserLocale_DefaultUser="100c"
InputLocale="100c:0000100c"
InputLocale_DefaultUser="100c:0000100c"

2 - Expand NLITE.IN_

Look at the end file section [CT]:

[CT]
HKCU,"Control Panel\International\Geo","Nation",0x00000000,"84"

Change the value to suit your needs (United States= 244)

Microsoft Geographical Location Values

3 - Using Makecab

4 - Create your iso file!

5 - You can also add a reg file inside $OEM$ (adapt to your needs!)

regional.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Geo]
"Nation"="84"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload]
"2"="00000409"
"3"="0000040c"
"1"="0000100c"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Toggle]
"Hotkey"="1"
"Language Hotkey"="1"
"Layout Hotkey"="2"

And add inside cmdlines.txt

[Commands]
"rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection nLite.inf,U"
"regedit /s regional.reg"
"rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 .\ramdrv.INF"
"hidecon.exe /w i386.bat"
"RunWPI.exe"

Tip:

Expand_Makecab.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; rightclick Expand-Makecab
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Expand\command]
@="expand -r \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\MakeCab\command]
@="\"makecab.exe\" \"%1\""

Edited March 9, 2013 by myselfidem

[leogets]

Thank you myselfidem for all your help. Already been using a reg file that I fire up just after XP installs to fix the keyboard issue, but I'd prefer to edit some files manually to fix the issue for good instead.

I just have to edit the WINNT.SIF and the NLITE.IN_ (NLITE.INI)....Thanks

The reg file I've been using doesn't icorperate these lines

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Geo]

"Nation"="84"

but it still seems to work. I have "Nation"="39" not too sure if this is correct or not for my reg file looks like:

REGEDIT4

; Fix Keyboard Layout for US instead of US-International

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\IMEtoggle]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\IMEtoggle\scancode]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload]

"1"="00000409"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Substitutes]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Toggle]

"Hotkey"="3"

"Language Hotkey"="3"

"Layout Hotkey"="3"

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout]

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload]

"1"="00000409"

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Substitutes]

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Toggle]

"Hotkey"="3"

"Language Hotkey"="3"

"Layout Hotkey"="3"

[myselfidem]

Fine!

Seems yours is "Nation"="39" => Canada

Mine is and I can use (it was an example):

"Nation"="84" => France

"Nation"="223" => Switzerland

And same inside NLITE.IN_

[leogets]

I made these changes in WINNT.SIF:

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=1

Language="1009" (*This line wasn''t there so I added it)

SystemLocale="1009"

UserLocale="1009"

UserLocale_DefaultUser="1009"

InputLocale="1009:00000409" changed from: ="1009:00002409"

InputLocale_DefaultUser="1009:00000409" changed from: ="1009:00002409"

Problem now is when I go to install XP I get an error on the blue screen saying that keyboard.inf cannot be found

Hit enter to retry. If I choose to skip it, I cannot finish the install of xp after the reboot because there is no way to enter anything without the use of a keyboard.

Do you have any clue as to where I would check as to the reason why this is happening now?

Just checked the original; KEYBOARD.IN_ is in the i386 folder but for some reason wasn't copied over so i'll try a rerip and see what happens.

Yah that was the problem, missing files.

Thanks for the rightclick Expand-Makecab very usefull.

Edited March 14, 2013 by leogets

[myselfidem]

You can try:

InputLocale="0409:00000409"

InputLocale_DefaultUser="0409:00000409"

How do I configure the default keyboard layout during login?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964665.aspx