Windows 10 Enterprise - Changing Default Keyboard Setting

Greetings. I am not a techie although I can follow clear, complete, and unambiguous instructions.

I need to use the CAFR (Canadian French) keyboard setting to ensure that the result of a keystroke is correct. Example: On my physical keyboard, the double-quote character (") is printed above the "2" character on one of my keys. This implies that if I strike SHIFT-2, I should get the " character. But I don't - I get @. Someone explained to me that I need to use the CAFR setting to solve this problem. And I figured out how to activate the CAFR setting. And then my keyboard behaves properly. Fine.

However, this keyboard setting keeps reverting to CMS (e.g. if the screensaver has been active). And then my keys do not behave properly.

I assume the issue is that I need to make CAFR my default keyboard setting. How do I do this, please?

Note, that I tried this link:

Set Default Keyboard Input Language in Windows 10

But the instructions are not correct, at least not in relation to my computer as presently configured.

Thanks in advance.

expos4ever said:

Greetings. I am not a techie although I can follow clear, complete, and unambiguous instructions.

I need to use the CAFR (Canadian French) keyboard setting to ensure that the result of a keystroke is correct. Example: On my physical keyboard, the double-quote character (") is printed above the "2" character on one of my keys. This implies that if I strike SHIFT-2, I should get the " character. But I don't - I get @. Someone explained to me that I need to use the CAFR setting to solve this problem. And I figured out how to activate the CAFR setting. And then my keyboard behaves properly. Fine.

However, this keyboard setting keeps reverting to CMS (e.g. if the screensaver has been active). And then my keys do not behave properly.

I assume the issue is that I need to make CAFR my default keyboard setting. How do I do this, please?

Note, that I tried this link:

Set Default Keyboard Input Language in Windows 10

But the instructions are not correct, at least not in relation to my computer as presently configured.

Thanks in advance.

Hi there

@expos4ever

In the Languages section (same as for Windows 10 any edition and server editions too) go to the language you installed and then add extra input method / keyboard where you can then add keyboard of choice - make it prirority / default etc and you can switch easily via setting on taskbar or via short cutt key -- options all available.

I'm on W2K19 Server currently but its exactly the same for W10.





Cheers
jimbo

Thanks everybody, but it did not work. I followed Bree's advice exactly as written and the problem remains.

And now it has become even worse. After not achieving success per Bree's suggestion, I did something that seems to have caused the CAFR keyboard setting - the one that maps to my physical keyboard - to not be available to me.

Any further suggestions welcomed. Thanks.

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Not sure what I did but the problem appears to have been solved. Thanks everyone.