Keyboard Language Changes to Default Language

• Microsoft Windows 98
• Microsoft Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you start a program or when a program is started using OLE, your keyboard may revert to the default language regardless of the language you are currently using.

When you start a program, the language icon on the taskbar changes, indicating that the default language is being used. When a program is started using OLE, the language icon may not change.

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, change the keyboard driver to the appropriate language after you start the program. To do so, use one of the following methods:

• Click the language icon on the taskbar, and then click the language you want.



• Press the appropriate shortcut key combination for switching keyboard layouts. By default, this is LEFT ARROW+ALT+SHIFT.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

REFERENCES

ISO 639: 1988 Code for the representation of names of languages.

Additional query words: acronym balkan croatia cyrillic czech estonia european greek latvia lithuania polish slavic slovenia ukrainian yugoslavia

Keywords          : win95 win98 
Version           : WINDOWS:95; winnt:4.0
Platform          : WINDOWS winnt 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: May 6, 1999