Keyboard on Windows-Partition

Hello,
I have a problem with the keyboard of my MacBookPro on the Windows partition.
I've read alot about it but never came to an absolute clear solution.
Is there a chance to simply modify the "virtual windows keyboard" to the keyboard of the Mac?
For example set the @ symbol to being " alt + l " and not " alt + ctrl + q "
Thank you very much

Also, the eject button doesn't work for the CD/DVD drive.

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