The ability to change the default logon language may be useful for people who work in large international companies there computers are in domain and there people have to use more than one language, or if the password they are using requires French layout, but their default logon language is English.
This article shows you how to change the default logon language for more convenient work. In order to complete this guide, the user should be familiar with the registry editing , if not ,- ask the local administrator to perform steps below:
1. Go to Start > Run > type in: 'regedit',- without quotation marks, and press Enter.
2. In the Registry Editor window navigate to the following entry: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload
3. In the Registry Editor window on the right pane:
00000409 - English language
00000419 - Russian language
4. In order to make Russian as a default one, just change the value in key "1"
; to "00001419".
Example:
Name: "1"; Value: "00000419"; Default Language: "Russian"
Name: "2"; Value: "00000409"; Second Language: "English".
Next screenshot shows that Russian language is the default one:
