Japanese Microsoft Wireless Desktop, US Windows XP

[Guest]

I just bought a Japanese Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop {Comfort
Edition}. Many of the functions of the keys and the layout of characters is
a little different than US keyboards. I bought it to utilize these
functions, but the installation disk automatically installs the US drivers or
something.

At any rate, I can't utilize the Japanese layout.
My guess is, I need to install the Japanese drivers.
Any thoughts on this?
Anyone know the name of the Japanese driver file for this bad boy? It's a
great keyoboard/mouse combo!


M





PS:
OS: US Version of Win XP Home Edition, SP2
Keyboard: Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Comfort Edition
Software: Wireless Optical Desktop 3.0
Language Bar is running and IME is also installed

 

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hello,

The following article might help you out:

Modify Text Services and Input Languages
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/tips/leidenfrost1.mspx

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[Guest]

Thank you, but that merely tells me how to install the language bar and some
very, very basic text services functions. But I already have the language
bar running.

so... is there anyway to get the name of the file that installs the
Japanese driver for this keyboard.

M

 

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

I wouldnt think that there is a japanese specific driver for the keyboard but you will have to
install the IME and the input language as outlined in step no. 3 of the article I pointed you to.
After that you can switch back and forth to japanese and your default language keyboard layout.

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Anando
Microsoft MVP- Windows Shell/User
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http://www.mvps.org


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[Guest]

So。。。。 in my original message I stated that IME was already installed. It
was installed with no problem and worked fine with my old Microsoft Keyboard.
But this new one has a Japanese layout different from the American
keyboards.

Since Microsoft won't support their hardware in English when sold in another
market I have nowhere else to turn than this forum....

does anybody have a clue how to do this?