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I am having a nightmare right now, which is I'm stuck on logon screen of windows 7 professional. My password includes turkish characters and the keyboard layout changed somehow to english. And on logon screen I can't seem to find anywhere to change the keyboard layout. Hence I cannot logon to my windows, can't use my pc.
What should I do?
Tolga Evcimen
Posted 2014-01-24T06:53:39.787
Reputation: 271
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I was stuck on the login screen on Windows Server 2003 while my keyboard language was accidentally changed to one that I don't have my password set in.
The solution was to use Alt + Shift to toggle between the keyboard languages.
DrNav
Posted 2014-01-24T06:53:39.787
Reputation: 61
1In the upper left of the screen, you can see which keyboard language is currently selected. – Kevin Triplett – 2017-11-23T06:57:13.420
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I had a similar problem. In the end I discovered that to change a keyboard layout, you can use the (left) CTRL-SHIFT combination. To see which layout it is set to, I use the on-screen keyboard.
Catherine Sudres
Posted 2014-01-24T06:53:39.787
Reputation: 21
ALT-SHIFT, not CTRL-SHIFT, and it can be either left or right -- this is on Windows 7 Enterprise – Kevin Triplett – 2017-11-23T06:59:07.383
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In some versions of Windows you have the option to choose keyboard language right on the login screen, in the upper left corner of the screen. In your situation, you would have seen the letters EN inscribed in a square. If you click on it, a dropdown appears and you are able to choose the desired language.
Enver Vuap
Posted 2014-01-24T06:53:39.787
Reputation: 21
This saved the day for me -- thanks!! – Kevin Triplett – 2017-11-23T06:35:21.223
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One thing I can suggest is quickly looking up the Alt+xxx values for the characters to at least get you in the system. Once you have done that, you can then use the Control Panel method mentioned by @MOPTOH
bmgh1985
Posted 2014-01-24T06:53:39.787
Reputation: 143
In fact, for languages, you might find it easier to find here: http://symbolcodes.tlt.psu.edu/accents/codealt.html
– bmgh1985 – 2014-01-24T08:46:26.560I was very hopeful about this solution, but didn't work :/ – Tolga Evcimen – 2014-01-24T09:02:30.500
Are you using the Numpad or the numbers at the top of the keyboard? Also, if you have not used this method before, you need to ensure that you are holding down Alt until you have pressed all the numbers required (so you cant do Alt+1, Alt+2, Alt+8 to get Ç). If you are on a laptop and do not have a defined Numpad, often you will still have a NumLock key and when pressed, the NumPad buttons are mapped on the main keyboard – bmgh1985 – 2014-01-24T09:10:29.947
If you still have troubles, RegEdit may be a possibility. Will edit my answer to add this option in a minute (need to remember where these are in registry) – bmgh1985 – 2014-01-24T09:13:59.870
@MOPTOH has the better option though rather than editing the registry. Changing the password is probably the safer way to go – bmgh1985 – 2014-01-24T09:20:45.560
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The possibilities depend on the version of Windows and possibly on how it's configured.
On my Windows 7 Enterprise at work, I don't have a way to change the keyboard layout, but there is a button at the bottom left to enable accessibility features. Select "On-Screen Keyboard", then hunt and peck. Depending on the layout you're stuck with, some characters may require you to first press "AltGr" (some languages use a different name) at the right of the space bar.
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
Posted 2014-01-24T06:53:39.787
Reputation: 58 319
oh god, my father just told me the same thing happened to him. I need to fix this to him and he is in another continent. It's too bad that the solution is that complicated! – Jack Twain – 2015-04-12T09:06:09.030