Keyboard Layout User Account Domain Wide Issue

Question

I have a 2008 R2 Standard as my Domain Controller and File Server, 2012 R2 Standard Remote Desktop Server and 2012 Standard Server running some applications.
All my computers log on and switch the default keyboard layout to Canadian English with the French layout.  I have tried to install US English and removed the Canadian layout, and even after removing it the Canadian Multilingual layout keeps coming
back as default.  I am lost as to the reason and do not know how to fix this.  I even opened registry and US English is the only keyboard layout listed.
Ideas?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,
At first, I would check that registry key;HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\1
What do you see ?
And, if the value is ok there, you could make sure the imported keyboard is not check;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout
IgnoreRemoteKeyboardLayout (REG_DWORD) = 1
With the above two key, the new users will always get the default layout. Just watch out as user profile already created might have the bad keyboard.
Edited; I wrote my answer first answer as if it's an issue when they logon the RDS's server, but if it's locally on their workstation, check the default layout in the first registry I give. If you see an 1109, or something like that it's more the canadian's
keyboard code.
Regards, Philippe
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