Windows login screen in a different keyboard 'language' than windows

Question

Recently I had to change my domain password. I did, and used the new password all day, logging in to various services using it.

I then rebooted the machine, and when I can to login to the machine using the new password I couldn't. After a lot of playing around I discovered that it was because my new password had the " character (Shift-2 on my keyboard) but when I pressed Shift-2 at the login screen I was getting the @ character and had to use Shift-' to get the ". This behaviour happens when I get to the login screen after a reboot, but not when the machine locks after I have logged in. Once I'm logged the first time in I can login subsequently using Shift-2.

So how can in ensure that the windows 7 login screen is using the same keyboard scheme as when I log in? (I think login screen is en-us and main windows is en-uk)

Answer 1

1. Go to Control Panel,
2. Open Open Change keyboards or other input methods under Region and Language
3. See the Administrative tab there, it has Welcome screen and new user accounts. It allows you to copy current language settings to "new user" account, which settings are used during the login process.