Problems since update from Windows 8 to 8.1

So the other day the Windows 8.0 side of my 27-inch, Late 2013 iMac with Fusion drive forced me up update to Windows 8.1 - it just started doing it automatically when I was on my lunchbreak. It seemed to update fine, and everything seemed to work once it booted up in 8.1. I noticed that the sound was no longer working on the Windows 8.1 side - it would only make the startup sound after a restart/turning on, and there was a red light coming out of the audio jack. Sound worked fine on the Mac side still. So, I updated the drivers here (Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5640) based on my computer model. During the instal of the drivers, it said "Need to repair drivers", and then went on to install without any problems that I could see.
This has now fixed the Sound driver issue, but now my keyboard is stuck in French mode (I think?) where when I type the "/?" character, it types "é" or "É". I cannot seem to fix this by going into Languages in Control Panel, or by re-installing the drivers.
What can I do? Are there any more details I can give to help someone problem solve this with me?

Hi,
For the issue, let us try rebuilding performance counters to check the result.
Press Win+x, and click Command Prompt(admin)
Type "CD c:\windows\system32",and Enter.
Type "LODCTR /R", and Enter.
Note: This let you rebuild the perf registry strings and info from scratch based on the current registry settings and backup INI files.
Keep post.
Regards,
Kelvin hsu
TechNet Community Support

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