GPO: Change Language/Regional Settings?

[Samson]

Hi there

for some reason all my Win2k machines are defaulting to US keyboard, is there any way to set this to UK via GPO?

[Samson]

This is really bugging me!

[plock]

A quick Google came up with this:

CLASS USER 
  CATEGORY "Custom Settings" 
     CATEGORY "Keyboard Layout" 
        POLICY "Set UK Keyboard Layout" 
           KEYNAME "Keyboard Layout\Preload" 
           VALUENAME 1 
           VALUEON 00000809 
           VALUEOFF "" 
        END POLICY ;Set UK Keyboard Layout 
     END CATEGORY ;Keyboard Layout 
  END CATEGORY ;Custom Settings

INSTRUCTIONS
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Step 1: Save the above code as keyboard.adm file into the folder C:Windows\inf on the server

Step 2: Create and link a new GPO (call it something like “Keyboard Layout”)

Step 3: Edit the Keyboard Layout GPO

Step 4: In the Group Policy Editor Window; under User Configuration, right click Administrative Templates and choose Add Template

Step 5: select the keyboard.adm template and click OK until you are returned to the Group Policy Editor window

Step 6: with Templates still selected on the left hand side, select view from the toolbar, and filtering

Step 7: make sure the bottom 2 tick boxes (“only show configured policy settings” and “only show policy settings that can be fully managed”) are un-ticked

Step 8: Browse to the following setting (using the view on the left hand side) User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Custom Settings > Keyboard Layout

Step 9: Enable the policy setting listed on the right hand side (“Set UK Keyboard Layout”)