Removing Unwanted Us Keyboard Option

[chiners_68]

my unattended install sets eveything to UK but it keeps English[united States] keyboard as a secondary keyboard option. how can I get rid of this completley in the winnt.sif file?

[FeTT!]

hmmm... i answer this 2 times i thinks.. have you try the search options?

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=39521

This is an exemples...

Good luck!

[chiners_68]

Ive got this in the winnt.sif but it doesnt get rid of the English[united states keyboard]

[unattended]

KeyboardLayout="United Kingdom"

[RegionalSettings]

Language=00000809

LanguageGroup=1

SystemLocale=00000809

UserLocale=00000809

InputLocale=0809:00000809

UserLocale_DefaultUser=00000809

InputLocale_DefaultUser=0809:00000809

any other ideas.

[FeTT!]

THIS IS AN EXEMPLE

You need to use a Reg tweak to delete the us/us keyboard....

I do similar for the french/france..

Lets show you an exemple

;-----[CANADA-FR]-----

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Geo]

"Nation"="39"

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload]

"2"="0000040c"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload]

"1"="00000c0c"

So... if you look carefully , i delete the preload and replace by the good one 

I hope it will help!

Good luck...

Use you own parameters

[chiners_68]

im in the testing process but intend to try.

run a vbs file from my CMDLINES.txt which deletes the second string.

WSHShell.Regdelete "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload\2"

I am hoping this will remove change the default user setting so when profiles are created thereafter it will not have English[uS] keyboard as a second option.

ill post my results.

[chiners_68]

OK.

ive got the cmdlines.txt pointing to a upadtes.cmd which is located on a:\ with the winnt.sif file.

this cmd file then is set to run regedit.exe /s keyboard.reg.

keyboard.reg is located on a:\ too.

the reg file is set to delete

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload\2 string

as this is the keyboard string for English[uS] keyboard in current user (current user is not created so was hoping to clear from user\.default.

the problem I have is that its not removing this keyboard layout in the default user profile.

is HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\ the default user string area?

as an idea if I put a correct ntuser.dat file into the $oem$\$progs\default user will this copy into the default user profile or is the profile not created at T-12?

im sure its easy to get rid of this keyboard option. any one any ideas.?

[FeTT!]

Did you tell thats you try to place your cmdlines.txt on a floppy??? If yes, i have a call with microsoft support to know if its possible.

[chiners_68]

Fett,

ive got cmdline.txt on the cd in $oem$ & have but a command in this file to point to updates.cmd which is located on the floppy drive.

[FeTT!]

ok use HKEY_CURRENT_USER at T-12 , it will make default for all user...

Dont use Curent_user.. i try to find the reference on the unattend web site guide but i think it was not there..

Good luck

[chiners_68]

Hi Fett,

you have contradicted youself on your reply.

so you recon I should remove the "2" string from current _user at T-12 & not from hk_user\.default to get the US keyboard removed from the default user profile..?

[FeTT!]

OK, ill explain you CLEARLY all the step you need to do.

1- make sure you put the right valor in your WINNT.SIF

"EXEMPLE for canadian-french"

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1
    SystemLocale=00000c0c
    UserLocale=00000c0c
    UserLocale_DefaultUser=00000c0c
    InputLocale=0c0c:00001009
    InputLocale_DefaultUser=0c0c:00001009

2-AT T-12 (by using cmdlines.txt)

"EXEMPLE"

[COMMANDS]
"REGEDIT /S .\$1\support\apps\install\modifs.REG"

3-This is a sample of the modifs.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
;-----[CANADA-FR]-----
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Geo]
"Nation"="39"
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload]
"2"="0000040c"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload]
"1"="00000c0c"

4-NOW , you need to find your OWN valor for your keyboard.

5-I never say to make modifications to HKEY_USERS... i really don't know why you start to do this ... i always tell you to put a modification at T-12 on CURRENT_USER.

6- if this is not enought clear, plz take 5-6 minutes like everyone in there, and expand the deploy.cab and check it out REF.CHM

7-Finally Good luck.

[chiners_68]

Hi Fett,

its working.

i created this in my keyboard.reg file

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload]

"2"=-

it runs a t12 & all my users now do not have a English[us] keyboard option.

thanks all for your help.

[FeTT!]

HA! we finally got it

Have a nice day!