win7 keyboard layout change from logon screen

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I am having a nightmare right now, which is I'm stuck on logon screen of windows 7 professional. My password includes turkish characters and the keyboard layout changed somehow to english. And on logon screen I can't seem to find anywhere to change the keyboard layout. Hence I cannot logon to my windows, can't use my pc.

What should I do?

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 09 '16 at 15:05

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I was stuck on the login screen on Windows Server 2003 while my keyboard language was accidentally changed to one that I don't have my password set in.

The solution was to use Alt + Shift to toggle between the keyboard languages.

edited Nov 09 '16 at 15:05

Gareth

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answered Nov 09 '16 at 14:10

DrNav

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 06 '16 at 09:41

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I had a similar problem. In the end I discovered that to change a keyboard layout, you can use the (left) CTRL-SHIFT combination. To see which layout it is set to, I use the on-screen keyboard.

answered Jan 06 '16 at 09:41

Catherine Sudres

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 28 '17 at 09:21

In some versions of Windows you have the option to choose keyboard language right on the login screen, in the upper left corner of the screen. In your situation, you would have seen the letters EN inscribed in a square. If you click on it, a dropdown appears and you are able to choose the desired language.

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 24 '14 at 08:43

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One thing I can suggest is quickly looking up the Alt+xxx values for the characters to at least get you in the system. Once you have done that, you can then use the Control Panel method mentioned by @MOPTOH

answered Jan 24 '14 at 08:43

bmgh1985

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 24 '14 at 11:59

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Eventually I ended up resetting my password with a third party software. Here is the link that I found, even though it is in Turkish I guess it is still really helpful. And here is the direct download link.

answered Jan 24 '14 at 11:59

Tolga Evcimen

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 03 '19 at 17:51

The possibilities depend on the version of Windows and possibly on how it's configured.

On my Windows 7 Enterprise at work, I don't have a way to change the keyboard layout, but there is a button at the bottom left to enable accessibility features. Select "On-Screen Keyboard", then hunt and peck. Depending on the layout you're stuck with, some characters may require you to first press "AltGr" (some languages use a different name) at the right of the space bar.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 20 '22 at 04:01

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I have a problem, not able to login in window 7 because accidentally change language.my language show in urdu but i make password in English language. So please how can i login after change my language from urdu to english.please guide

answered Oct 20 '22 at 04:01

Muhammad Zubair Tahir

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