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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: gcb on Tue, 24 February 2015, 13:55:17

Title: JP layout on windows7 US
Post by: gcb on Tue, 24 February 2015, 13:55:17

got a topre with JP layout. but windows just see it as a US keyboard.

i tried to set it to use the  "106key JP" driver. but then it became a paper weight. nothing works.

any ideas what i should do?

Title: Re: JP layout on windows7 US
Post by: Snowdog993 on Tue, 24 February 2015, 13:58:58

You probably need the Japanese language pack?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/language-packs
I think you may need Windows 7 Ultimate or Enterprise?

Title: Re: JP layout on windows7 US
Post by: Puddsy on Tue, 24 February 2015, 14:15:49

Quote from: Snowdog993 on Tue, 24 February 2015, 13:58:58

You probably need the Japanese language pack?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/language-packs
I think you may need Windows 7 Ultimate or Enterprise?

i don't even know if you need this but download it and give it a try

Title: Re: JP layout on windows7 US
Post by: Valen on Tue, 24 February 2015, 21:03:17

Windows may not use the correct keyboard layout when you connect a USB keyboard to the computer so this is what I did.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927824

Title: Re: JP layout on windows7 US
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Tue, 24 February 2015, 21:41:41

I had a Cherry Japanese layout keyboard. Just need to go into the control panel language settings, add keyboard, choose Japanese. You'll then be able to select it with the ALT+SHIFT. It's all about the keymap, no special driver or other nonsense should be necessary. No different than any other language keyboard. The legends on the keycap don't tell the computer what it is, you need to assign the computer the corresponding keymap.