Switching from Japanse to English Keyboard

[shanatani]

Hello,

Does anybody know if it is possible to switch from a Japanese keyboard
layout to English? I recently purchased a Dell PC preloaded with
Japanese windows and of course came with a Japanese keyboard. When
the system booted up for the first time it prompted me to pick the
keyboard layout (just like previous versions of JP windows) and
although I planned on getting the normal English layout keyboard when
I visit the states I picked the Japanese keyboard layout setting as
that's all I had. I'm now getting conerned that this is one of those
settings which can't be changed once set.

Shawn

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

That seems to be what we have previously been told.

You are running Vista Ultimate?

DSH

 

[Hugh Wyn Griffith]

Have you tried

Control Panel / Regional and Language Options /

and work the TABS there? That's with START in Classic mode, where I
know where things are <g>

 

[Jane C]

Control Panel, under Clock, Language, and Region, select change keyboards
and other input methods. You can add other keyboard input languages there.

 

[shanatani]

Control Panel, under Clock, Language, and Region, select change keyboards
and other input methods. You can add other keyboard input languages there.

Thanks that help a lot, when its set to English input it works great.
Unfortunately though when its set to Japanese and I type symbols it
doesn't match what is on the english keyboard. When selecting
keyboard input language for Japanese there are many keyboard layouts
to chose from... I chose US but it still doesn't seem to use it. I
also noticed when I took out the Japanese keyboard input altogether,
the IME still displayed JP as a input selection... maybe because its
Japanese windows... <sigh>

 

[shanatani]

Thanks that help a lot, when its set to English input it works great.
Unfortunately though when its set to Japanese and I type symbols it
doesn't match what is on the english keyboard. When selecting
keyboard input language for Japanese there are many keyboard layouts
to chose from... I chose US but it still doesn't seem to use it. I
also noticed when I took out the Japanese keyboard input altogether,
the IME still displayed JP as a input selection... maybe because its
Japanese windows... <sigh>

Hmm nevermind logged off, logged on and it works. Guess a glitch.

 

[Hugh Wyn Griffith]

Glad that worked for you.