Windows 7 logon language. How to enter a password when logging in if there is no desired keyboard layout. Adding a Keyboard Layout to the Welcome Screen
Several times on the computers of different users I came across the fact that on the Windows login screen (welcome screen) the Russian keyboard layout is used by default, while the user name and password are usually typed in the English layout. Therefore, every time before typing a password, these unfortunate people have to switch the keyboard layout from Russian to English (Alt + Shift), which is particularly annoying.
Although changing the keyboard layout when logging into Windows to English is not at all difficult. To do this, go to Control Panel -> Clock, language and region ->Language. Make sure that Russian and English are present in the list of system languages. Use the button to move English to the top of the list.
Then click on the button " Extra options". If you want to use Russian Windows interface, in the Display Language Override list, select Russian. If you want to change the control language of the OS itself to English, leave the recommended value.
In the window that opens, click the button Copy options.
In the screen settings window and new user accounts, put two checkmarks:
Copy current settings to:
- Welcome screen and system accounts
- New user accounts.
Apply the changes and restart Windows.
In Windows 7 and earlier, you could use a registry modification to change the default layout on the Windows logon screen. To do this, in the branch you need to create / change two REG_SZ parameters
- 1 - with meaning 00000409 (English language)
- 2 - with meaning 00000419 (Russian language)
However, in Windows 8/8.1/10 these keys do not work. The fact is that by default in these operating systems, the user's language settings are applied to the language settings of the Windows login screen.
To disable this behavior, you need to enable Group Policy under Computer configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Local Services.
Therefore, by enabling this policy and propagating the registry keys listed above to user computers using GPP, you can install a single input language for the logon screen on all computers in the domain.
In Windows Server Core, you can use the following command to change the default layout type to English:
Set-WinDefaultInputMethodOverride "0409:00000409"
Most often, when installing the Windows operating system, Russian is selected as the default language. Most users know how to change the layout in the system. However, as soon as the user wants to put a password on his account or the password is already set, then there is a difficulty in entering the password at the stage of system boot. In most cases, the password is entered in the English layout, and when the system boots, you have to constantly switch the language from Russian to English.
So there are two simple ways change the default layout at system startup.
First way- editing the corresponding values in the registry. This method is reliable and fast, but not all users are familiar with the registry and do not know what to do with it, and sometimes they are completely afraid to get into it.
In fact, everything is simple and even an ordinary user will be able to do the steps described below.
First you need to launch the registry editor regedit
To do this, go to the Start menu and click Run. 
If for some reason you did not find this item, then you can use the keyboard shortcut Win + R 
As a result, a window for entering commands will open, where you need to enter regedit and click OK to launch the registry editor. 
Now in the editor you need to find the branch HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload 
Here, the parameter with the value 00000419 indicates the Russian language, and 00000409 - English.
The parameters are arranged in order of priority, that is, under the number 1 will be the default language.
Now it is enough to double-click on the line and change the value in accordance with the loading priority. 
As a result, if you chose English as the default language, it should look like this: 
By analogy, you can put the Russian language, if suddenly you have the opposite situation. The changes will take effect after a reboot.
Second way
- suitable for those who have already set the default language to English in the system and it remains only to change the default language when entering the password at the system startup stage.
This can be done using the operating system by copying the language settings to the welcome screen.
Open the Start menu, click on Control Panel, select Regional and Language Options.
In the window that opens, select the Advanced tab and press the button Copy settings 
In the next window, select Welcome screen and system accounts and click OK. 
After the done operations, you need to reboot.
The situation when there is no input language in which the password or name is specified when logging in account, occurs infrequently. However, judging by the forum, this problem is sometimes encountered by unlucky lovers of Cyrillic passwords, who have lost the opportunity to log into the system. After all, if the account, as a rule, can be selected with the mouse, then the password must definitely be entered from the keyboard.
The figure below shows the user's login window. Username who set the password for his account in Russian. But the only possible input language is English, otherwise the button for switching the keyboard layout would be displayed in the red highlighted area.
This problem can be solved without any special tricks, since even in the absence of the desired layout, you can enter both Cyrillic and Latin alphabets from the keyboard using ASCII character tables.
How to enter characters from ASCII tables
You will find a table with the meanings for Cyrillic and Latin characters below, and I will first explain how to enter them.
Open notepad, for example, to see how it works. Characters are entered like this:
- Press and hold a key ALT
- Enter a value (for example, 170 for lowercase "k")
- Release the key ALT and you will see the result
For example, the word "Ocean" is entered like this:
O=ALT+142 k=ALT+170 e=ALT+165 a=ALT+160 n=ALT+173
ASCII tables (MS-DOS 866 code table for Cyrillic)
| Cyrillic | Meaning | Latin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUT | 128 | A | 65 |
| B | 129 | B | 66 |
| AT | 130 | C | 67 |
| G | 131 | D | 68 |
| D | 132 | E | 69 |
| E | 133 | F | 70 |
| AND | 134 | G | 71 |
| Z | 135 | H | 72 |
| And | 136 | I | 73 |
| Y | 137 | J | 74 |
| To | 138 | K | 75 |
| L | 139 | L | 76 |
| M | 140 | M | 77 |
| H | 141 | N | 78 |
| O | 142 | O | 79 |
| P | 143 | P | 80 |
| R | 144 | Q | 81 |
| FROM | 145 | R | 82 |
| T | 146 | S | 83 |
| At | 147 | T | 84 |
| F | 148 | U | 85 |
| X | 149 | V | 86 |
| C | 150 | W | 87 |
| H | 151 | X | 88 |
| W | 152 | Y | 89 |
| SCH | 153 | Z | 90 |
| Kommersant | 154 | a | 97 |
| S | 155 | b | 98 |
| b | 156 | c | 99 |
| E | 157 | d | 100 |
| YU | 158 | e | 101 |
| I | 159 | f | 102 |
| a | 160 | g | 103 |
| b | 161 | h | 104 |
| in | 162 | i | 105 |
| G | 163 | j | 106 |
| d | 164 | k | 107 |
| e | 165 | l | 108 |
| and | 166 | m | 109 |
| h | 167 | n | 110 |
| and | 168 | o | 111 |
| th | 169 | p | 112 |
| to | 170 | q | 113 |
| l | 171 | r | 114 |
| m | 172 | s | 115 |
| n | 173 | t | 116 |
| about | 174 | u | 117 |
| P | 175 | v | 118 |
| R | 224 | w | 119 |
| With | 225 | x | 120 |
| t | 226 | y | 121 |
| at | 227 | z | 122 |
| f | 228 | ||
| X | 229 | ||
| c | 230 | ||
| h | 231 | ||
| w | 232 | ||
| sch | 233 | ||
| b | 234 | ||
| s | 235 | ||
| b | 236 | ||
| uh | 237 | ||
| Yu | 238 | ||
| I | 239 | ||
| Yo | 240 | ||
| yo | 241 |
Adding a Keyboard Layout to the Welcome Screen
After you log in, don't forget to add the missing keyboard layout to the welcome screen. In all Windows operating systems, this can be done in the registry. Enough import to the registry in the following .reg file.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;English layout "1"="00000409" ;Russian layout "2"="00000419" ;Layout number 1 will be offered by default
These settings apply to the current user. To apply them to all users, changes must be made to the section
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload
By the way, in Windows 7 the same effect can be achieved in the graphical interface.
Frequently asked Questions
How to enter the Ukrainian letter i?
I-Alt+0178
i-Alt+0179
To be continued…
Today we will consider a fairly simple operation in the operating room. Windows system 7, you will learn how to change input language, which is the default, how to change the keyboard shortcut for switching the input language, and how to show or hide the language bar on the taskbar. In general, we will deal with the basic keyboard layout and language bar settings in Windows 7.
To begin with, I would like to point out that in operating system Windows 7 has many features and settings that some users do not know about, we considered them in the article "Inconspicuous Features in Windows 7".
All language settings in Windows 7 are located in the section "Language and regional settings", first let's display the language bar on the taskbar and pin it there.
How to display the language bar in Windows 7
Click "Start -> Control Panel -> Regional and Language Settings".
Then you will open a window, and you need to go to the tab "Languages and Keyboards" and press "Change Keyboard".
Next, go to the tab "Language bar" and set the setting "Pinned in the taskbar" and click OK. Also here you can set other settings related to language bar yu, to whom it is more convenient, for example, to locate the language bar in an arbitrary place, select the appropriate item.
We learned how to display the language bar, now let's deal with the input language.
How to change the default input language
To do this, we also open "Start -> Control Panel -> Regional and Language Settings -> Languages and Keyboards -> Change Keyboard". On the general tab, you will immediately see what language you have by default, and if necessary, you can change it. If you need to add more languages ( if you are typing in many languages), you click here "Add" and choose the desired language.
As usual, save the settings by pressing the button "OK".
How to change keyboard shortcut for switching input language
To do this, you, as before, open the settings "Start -> Control Panel -> Regional and Language Settings -> Languages and Keyboards -> Change Keyboard", only now go to the tab "Toggle Keyboard". Where you can find out and, if necessary, change the keyboard shortcut to change the input language. To do this, press "Change keyboard shortcut" and specify the key combination that is convenient for you.
And click "OK".
Now I think there should be no problems with changing the input language, but if you still have, then write in the comments, I will try to help. Good luck!