Windows 7 keeps changing my language(keyboard) settings

Question

I am using Windows 7 Ultimate on a Windows network. My default settings is Danish locale, Danish keyboardlayout, but English system language. I only have Danish keyboard layout installed (in Text Services and Input Languages).

However, at the login screen I can choose Danish and English, but whatever I choose Windows 7 changes system language (and keyboard layout!) to English (United States). Since this is a per-App setting I must change the language setting (language bar in the taskbar)

Where can this be changed system wide and permament?

Answer 1

I had the same issue of it changing regions on me.

I right clicked the keyboard icon in the lower right taskbar and unchecked "auto adjust".

French screenshot:

Answer 2

Open the Region and Languages in the Control Panel and do this:

Click the Keyboards and Languages tab and click Change keyboards...

From here you can either change the Default input language to Danish.

Or you can completely remove the US Keyboard.

Doing either one of these should result in you being able to use only the Danish keyboard instead of having to change it per-app as it makes it the default system-wide.

Answer 3

The best solution (assuming you want to have access to more than one keyboard, which I did) is to go into the Control Panel, Keyboards and Languages/advanced settings.

And change the keyboard shortcut for switching keyboards from Ctrl/Shift to none!

All along, I, too thought it was changing from Eng to Fr on a "random" basis. But it wasn't random at all: I always use keyboard shortcuts, and one of my favorites is Ctrl+Shift+Tab for moving to the previous tab in Chrome.

Stumbled on the shortcut conflict when checking out someone else's suggestion of going into Control Panel. That's when I saw the problem. Once I turned off the keyboard shortcut for changing languages (no biggy) I've never again had the problem. Random or otherwise! Mystery solved!

Answer 4

Go into Control Panel>Region and Languages>Keyboards and Languages tab>Change Keyboards, and remove the ones you don't want.

Answer 5

I had the same problem: My KB kept switching between US and UK keyboards even though I didn't have a UK KB installed. I manged to solve this by adding a UK keyboard, then removing it. The language bar disappeared and my input KB now stays as US.

Answer 6

This is a the most annoying bug and it still happens to a genuine brand new HP computer with
Windows 7 Buisness OEM but my issue is also related to 'MS Word 2003' not changing keyboard layout (could not Apostrophe properly )

I use 2 keyboard layouts: US-International and French

I found these solutions that worked for me and some that seems like your issue:

METHOD 1

In MS WORD 2003 [“] and apostrophes [‘] would not display until another key was pressed.
Then this key and the quote or apostrophe would appear on the screen.

Checking in the keyboard settings the system was set to United States-International and French for it’s keyboard layout.

Change your keyboard layout to another US layout and removed the United States-International keyboard layout.

After pressing OK, I tested it on a Word Document and the issue still remained.

But after rebooting the system it went back to normal and I could use apostrophes and quotation marks as usual.

Suggestions (if it fails):
Try to change your Windows local language Unicode just to see how it behave.
Another suggestion related to application language switching issues is to change the hotkey combination that switch the keyboard layout.
Also in Word turn off when configuring Microsoft Word 'Smart Quotes' option.

METHOD 2

Before changing registry values I recommend making a restore point or a registry backup.
Use it at your own risk
To change the keyboard layout manually you need to change the keyboard layouts\preload\
Registry key in the Registry:

Press Start> type Regedit.exe

In the registry locate this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Keyboard Layout\Preload\1

You will need to edit the Registry Key , change the string key "1" value setting to the "ID Language code" number listed below next to the keyboard layout name you want.

Close Regedit.exe

Restart Computer

Note: Preload\2 is used if you want to be able to switch between two keyboard layouts.

Find the ID language code here below:

00000402="bg"
00000404="ch"
00000405="cz"
00000406="dk"
00000407="gr"
00000408="gk"
00000409="us"
0000040A="sp"
0000040B="su"
0000040C="fr"
0000040E="hu"
0000040F="is"
00000410="it"
00000411="jp"
00000412="ko"
00000413="nl"
00000414="no"
00000415="pl"
00000416="br"
00000418="ro"
00000419="ru"
0000041A="yu"
0000041B="sl"
0000041C="us"
0000041D="sv"
0000041F="tr"
00000422="us"
00000423="us"
00000424="yu"
00000425="et"
00000426="us"
00000427="us"
00000804="ch"
00000807="sg"
00000809="uk"
0000080A="la"
0000080C="be"
00000813="be"
00000816="po"
00000C0C="cf"
00000C1A="us"
00001009="us"
0000100C="sf"
00001809="us"
00010402="us"
00010405="cz"
00010407="gr"
00010408="gk"
00010409="dv"
0001040A="sp"
0001040E="hu"
00010410="it"
00010415="pl"
00010419="ru"
0001041B="sl"
0001041F="tr"
00010426="us"
00010C0C="cf"
00010C1A="us"
00020408="gk"
00020409="us"
00030409="usl"
00040409="usr"
00050408="gk"

For more informations about adding keyboard layout manualy check this link:

Adding and removing keyboard languages with PowerShell

Answer 7

I found a solution that worked for me. The problem was that I only had Dvorak installed under Installed Services, and since the computer's locale was set to US, it kept defaulting to that. Once I added US to Installed Services and set Dvorak as the "Default input language", it started behaving.

In your case, changing the system locale to Danish may remedy your issue. In the Region and Language window (first pictured by Thiago), click the Administrative tab, then click "Change system locale" and choose the appropriate selection from the list.

I don't know if this is a desirable fix for you, but there you go. I really wish this wasn't so complicated; I don't have this problem on my Mac... ;-)