Language problems

[tiwas]

Hi all,

I've come to the point where there's only one major thing wrong with my DVD. I'm installing an international english version of XP Pro, slipstreamed to SP2 and shrunk with nlite.

The problem I've run into is that I cannot seem to get the keyboard language to change. The default input language is still "English (United States) - US" and the keyboard is listed as "US". They should both have been "Norwegian". The regional options are fine, after lots of testing...

Anyone able to help me out here?

Here's my winnt.sif

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
	MsDosInitiated = "No"
	UnattendedInstall = Yes
	AutoPartition=0
	AutomaticUpdates=yes

[Unattended]
	OemPreinstall = "Yes"
    UnattendMode = FullUnattended
    UnattendSwitch = Yes
    OemSkipEula = Yes
    FileSystem = *
    WaitForReboot = No
    TargetPath = "\Windows"
    Hibernation = No
    OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\vmware"
    KeyboardLayout="Norwegian"
;    ComputerType="Standard PC",Retail

[WindowsFirewall]
    Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]
    Mode = 0

[SystemFileProtection]
    SFCQuota = 0

[GuiUnattended]
    AutoLogon = Yes
    AdminPassword=*
    TimeZone=110
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    OemSkipWelcome=1
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

[UserData]
    ProductKey=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
    ComputerName=nada
    FullName="x"
    ProductID=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
    OrgName=""

[Display]
    Xresolution=1280
    Yresolution=1024
    BitsPerPel=32

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1
    SystemLocale=00000414
    UserLocale=00000414
    InputLocale=0414:00000414

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]
    Indexsrv_system=Off
    msmsgs=off
    msnexplr=off
    pinball=off
    spider=off

[GuiRunOnce]
    "%systemdrive%\install\WPI.cmd"

[Shell]
    CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\My Favorite Theme.theme"

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=Disasters

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[URL]
    Home_Page=http://www.msfn.org
    Search_Page=http://www.google.com

[Proxy]
    Proxy_Enable=0
    Use_Same_Proxy=0

Any help would be appreciated!

Cheers

[supertoast]

Yeah, I found that there is allways one left to change so I added this reg key using cmdlines.txt to sort it out for MY language...

;Set to UK Region

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Geo]

"Nation"="242"

Have a look at this key in regedit to see what yours is when you select Norw.

Hope this helps.

Chris

[agonified]

You should not remove all languages during nLite. I dont have nLite installed but I remember that there was a section that you remove some languages. If you dont delete the language or language groups that contains your keyboard definitions, you will be able to switch them in windows without any problem.

[tiwas]

Thanks to both of you

@agonified: I obviously didn't remove the languages I need, but - good thinking! I prolly wouldn't have thought of that one in case someone unintentionally messed up, and it's a good reminder that we all can from time to time

@supertoast: I will definitely try that one! Thanks

Besides...I may have found part of the problem. Seems most people with this exact problem are running VMware. Hopefully it's nothing stupid as that, but you never know...

[tiwas]

Well, it didn't have anything to do with VMWare...just wasted two hours installing it on MS Virtual PC

[tiwas]

Ok, then...For the record, as it seems a lot of people with non-english keyboards have struggled with this, it can be fixed through the default user. The keyboard layout will be retained in this (just copy the ntuser.dat from a user you've changed the way you want it and automagically copy it to the fresh install). That's a lot easier than banging your head against the wall trying all sorts of things that doesn't work.