Configure keyboard and language on a Windows client

Follow this procedure to change the keyboard and default input language on a Windows™ client.

The details provided here are for Windows 7 Ultimate. Refer to the documentation for your version of Windows for assistance.
  1. Open the Clock, Language, and Region dialog in the Control Panel and select Region and Language.
  2. Select the Keyboards and Languages tab.
  3. Select Change keyboards... and in the Text Services and Input Languages dialog, under Default input language, select the language you prefer as the default. If the preferred language isn’t listed, select Add... to add the language and preferred keyboard to the Default input language list.

    This screenshot shows an example of selecting a different default input language for a Windows client.

    Figure 1. Text Services and Input Languages Dialog