Does Windows XP still use the registry HKCU\Keyboard Layout\Preload?

[hglobus]

Hey there.

I have a set of machines that have both English (US) and German (Suisse) installed on them. An interesting problem started to creep up onsite in NY where the machines are all supposed to default to English on the default profile. Some machines are starting up in German keyboard mapping. Originally, this image was developed in Switzerland with the German keyboard mapping as the default, but it has been working fine for about 5 months.

In my quest to find out why this is happening, I've rehashed the sites that detail the how tos on adding a keyboard setting and how to set the regional setting on the applet within control panel. What I noticed after speaking was that the settings in the registry don't change even based on the default language chosen in the applet.

So, what I am trying to find out is does the OS still use the settings found in:
HKCU\Keyboard Layout\Preload
HKUsers\.Default\Keyboard Layout\Preload
in the registry to set the default user keyboard? If so, does the order matter (as I assume that it would), because changing the "default user setting" in the Regional and Language Options|Advanced (TAB)|Default user account settings does NOT change the order or the key values in any way.

Has anyone seen this or know if the registry keys mentioned above are the ones used?

Thanks.

Howard

Preload values are:
(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
1 REG_SZ 00000409
2 REG_SZ 00000807

I believe that 409 is German (Suisse German) and 807 is English(US).

 

[gpalmer711]

Based on my PC it would seem that these registy entries are used. Which ever entry I had at number one was the default layout. In that case you should have 807 in slot number one and 409 in slot 2.

Greg Palmer
Free Software for Adminstrators

http://www.palmersoft.co.uk

 

[hglobus]

Greg,

Thanks for the response. I would have thought so too. But if that's the case, shouldn't the values reorder when the default is reset via the applet?

Howard