How to change keyboard layout after deployment?

If you are planning to deploy OS to other remote offices located at different regions of the world, keyboard layout and other regional languages might be a major concern. This document will provide the steps to change the keyboard layout for various languages after successful OS deployment.

Note:

These steps are applicable only for the new users you are planning to add to the deployment template and are not applicable for the existing users.

Steps to change keyboard layout

While creating the deployment template to customize the image, follow the steps given below,

1. In the deployment template, go to Add Applications and select Add New Applications
2. Specify the name of the application as Keyboard layout or any other convinient name. 
3. Select the application type as Drivers
4. You have to upload the execulatable now. Download this KeyboardLayout.txt file and save it as KeyboardLayout.bat file. Upload this Batch file (.bat) here. 
5. Specify the Executable command as,

   KeyboardLayout.bat <language_tag> <language_ID> <Geograpical location_ID> 

   For example,

   • If you are planning to have an English UK keyboard layout, you have to specify the command as KeyboardLayout.bat en-GB 0809:00000809 242

   • If you are planning to have an English US keyboard layout, you have to specify the command as KeyboardLayout.bat en-US 0409:00000409 244
6. If you want to change only the keyboard layout without geographical location ID change, specify the Executable command as,

   KeyboardLayout.bat <language_tag> <language_ID> 

   For example,

   • If you are planning to have an English UK keyboard layout, you have to specify the command as KeyboardLayout.bat en-GB 0809:00000809 

Note: 

1. To know language tag and language ID refer this Microsoft document.
2. To know the Geographical location Identifiers refer this Microsoft document.