Keyboard language logon is Uzbek Cyrillic

Hicountryrider

Hicountryrider

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Friend's Vista Home Premium 32 bit. Her logon screen has a language option in lower left of screen. Default is checked as Uzbek Cyrillic. Other option is US. Have to change the option to US in order to logon. Checked the Regional and Language Options in Control Panel and then the Change Keyboard button under the Keyboard and Languages tab. In the Text Services and Input Languages, General tab, the Default input language is listed as English (United States)-US with no other options available in the drop down arrow. The only listing under Installed services is EN - English (United States), Keyboard :US.

She swears that this has been the way the logon screen has appeared since she purchased the system 3 - 4 years ago. Any clue as to how the Uzbek Cyrillic is the default logon keyboard language without it being listed in the above settings and how to change it to be only US?

TIA for any replies.
 

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Hi Hicountryrider,

Welcome to Vista Forums!

You're very close to the answer, but I think you're missing one step that's the key. Go to Start / Control Panel / Regional and Language Options. Make sure English (US) is selected in General, Location, and Keyboard and Input Default Language. Then click on Administrative and click "Copy to Reserved Accounts" and when the box appears, check both options and click OK. I believe this last part (especially the second box) will do the trick. OK or close your way out of Control Panel and then reboot. I'd be willing to wager you see only English (US) on the Welcome screen.

I hope this helps.

Good luck!
 

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Lorien,

Thanks for the reply. I'll make that adjustment the next time I'm at her place and report back on the results. Funny that there are quite a few tutorials on setting the keyboard language options but I didn't see any that had the additional steps as you have provided.:(
 

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Just to add why this happened - someone probably did set it to that language during the initial installation, maybe erroneously.
 

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    HP w2207h
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whs said:
Just to add why this happened - someone probably did set it to that language during the initial installation, maybe erroneously.
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That's what I thought but she swears no one did it. Also, Uzbek Cyrillic is a pretty strange choice for an alternate keyboard language, that is of course unless you're Uzbekistanian!;)

Funny story from her: She also questioned this and someone told her that this was an added layer of security in Vista so that anyone trying to log on to her computer would not be able to! Of course all they would have to do is what she does, select English as the keyboard language when logging in!!:geek:
 

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That is a strange story indeed. There are easier ways to protect the logon.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs
    1x60GB OCZ SSD
    6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
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