I wanna ask you for a suggestion about my keyboard problem.
I installed a english win xp prof version and I use a japanese keyboard.
Somehow I can not use the keyboard in right way. The key settings are not set properly.
Its because your Windows doesn't know that the keyboard is Japanese
This is simple to fix with two solutions:
One is to open the
Control Panel, then
Regional and language options. Click
Languages then
Details. Where it says "Keyboard" underneath it should say "Japanese" since you have a Japanese keyboard. If it still says "US", then click
Add and select Input Language of
English (Whatever) and Keyboard Layout/IME of
Japanese. Click
OK and then click on the old "US" and
Remove it. Reboot and check for me
If that fails then we can change the actual hardware driver, which is easier than I made it sound.
First go to the
Control Panel. Then open up
System, and select
Hardware, then
Device Manager.
Under "Keyboards" it should have just one thing listed (usually something like 'HID Keyboard Device' or 'Standard 101-key PS/2 Keyboard'). We want to change this, so right click and select
Update Driver. If it asks to connect to Windows Update, select
No and click next.
The options from here are:
Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)
Don't search, I will choose the driver to install.
Untick
Show compatible hardware
Find
Mitsumi from the list, then select the
Mitsumi Japanese USB Keyboard if it isn't already selected, and go
Next
If it gives you any warnings just click
Yes or
Continue and reboot when told to reboot
That should force the mapping to Japanese, failing that theres one other setting you can check, but this is the better start point.
