For several years until last week I used Windows '95
and '98. Both systems were using keyboard files (.kbd)
which had been modified using Janko's Keyboard Generator.

To my horror, I've just discovered that Windows 2000
uses .dll files, not .kbd, so the Keyboard Generator is
unable to modify keyboard layouts. The information online
by the author of the Keyboard Generator (Janko Stamenovic)
is outdated and gives no indication of recent progress on
producing a Keyboard Generator for Windows 2000 and XP.

Basically, I need to re-map my keyboard, so that
characters are re-assigned to different keys, e.g. the 't'
key on the QWERTY keyboard produces the 'e' key in
Russian. I need the keyboard layout in Russian to co-
incide with the English one, i.e. the 't' key should
produce the charater 't' in both English and Russian. If
anyone can advise about the best way of going about this,
I would be most grateful.

Please reply by e-mail to Dunderdale@bigfoot.com or
3_lions@neti.ee

Thank you for your time and attention.

[ Post a follow-up to this message ]

You can use a built-in keyboard layout:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292246

Or make your own with the Keyboard Layout Creator:
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx
--
Drew Cooper [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Michael Dunderdale" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:cdb001c40a1a$f30bf0d0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> For several years until last week I used Windows '95
> and '98. Both systems were using keyboard files (.kbd)
> which had been modified using Janko's Keyboard Generator.
>
> To my horror, I've just discovered that Windows 2000
> uses .dll files, not .kbd, so the Keyboard Generator is
> unable to modify keyboard layouts. The information online
> by the author of the Keyboard Generator (Janko Stamenovic)
> is outdated and gives no indication of recent progress on
> producing a Keyboard Generator for Windows 2000 and XP.
>
> Basically, I need to re-map my keyboard, so that
> characters are re-assigned to different keys, e.g. the 't'
> key on the QWERTY keyboard produces the 'e' key in
> Russian. I need the keyboard layout in Russian to co-
> incide with the English one, i.e. the 't' key should
> produce the charater 't' in both English and Russian. If
> anyone can advise about the best way of going about this,
> I would be most grateful.
>
> Please reply by e-mail to Dunderdale@bigfoot.com or
> 3_lions@neti.ee
>
> Thank you for your time and attention.

[ Post a follow-up to this message ]

> Basically, I need to re-map my keyboard, so that
> characters are re-assigned to different keys, e.g. the 't'
> key on the QWERTY keyboard produces the 'e' key in
> Russian. I need the keyboard layout in Russian to co-
> incide with the English one, i.e. the 't' key should
> produce the charater 't' in both English and Russian. If
> anyone can advise about the best way of going about this,
> I would be most grateful.

You can take one that I've already done - just download the
file. It's called Phonetic Layout. Please see Russian Keyboard
section on my site.

--
Regards,
Paul Gorodyansky
"Cyrillic (Russian): instructions for Windows and Internet":
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PaulGor/

Russian Virtual Keyboard (for Internet-cafe situation):
http://kbd.da.ru

[ Post a follow-up to this message ]