Keyboard settings play one of the mostmeaningful roles when working with the entire computer system. Who, if not gamers, know that the convenience of controlling a character or an event in a modern computer game may depend on the key assignment. But let's digress from the games and consider the keyboard settings from a general point of view, based on the capabilities of the Windows operating systems and some additional tools. Actually, there is nothing complicated.
When considering this issue, we are mostly interested in several basic parameters. And the very first thing worth paying attention to is the type of keyboard used.
Today in the market of such devices can be foundThere are quite a few non-standard models that are fundamentally different from ordinary keyboards, although they correspond to the uniform PS / 2 connection standard (I mean their use on PC computers).
Usually when installing the operating systemKeyboard settings are automatically set as parameters, which will later be used by default. You can change them during the installation of the system, except at the level of adding a language or the initial change of regional standards in the form of time zone parameters, used monetary units, etc.
But many users are not satisfied with the initial settings, because they do not meet the requirements of comfortable switching between languages and layouts, not to mention the consoles of computer games.
The first thing you need to set upuse the standard “Control Panel” in which the section of languages and regional standards is selected. The panel itself, depending on the version of the operating system, can be called up through the main Start menu, although in Windows 10 this is quite problematic. Therefore, it is recommended to use the “Run” console, in which the control command is simply written.
Consider how to set up a keyboard based onWindows 10. After calling the language section from the Control Panel, the user immediately sees the installed language and layouts. Here you can add or delete them. Separately, it is worth noting the new possibility of relocating the selected language up or down. This allows you to change the switch when the selected mode from one language to another in the sequence set by the user.
Actually, when adding a language, you can simultaneously activate the installation of the corresponding layout.
As a rule, for the English language, you needapply the value of the United States, since it is the American version that is, so to speak, international. The layout is usually called QWERTY, which corresponds to a sequence of standard characters on any PS / 2 keyboard. Note that in Apple laptops it may be quite different and may not contain keys or symbols familiar to Windows users like Fn, Ctrl, Shift, Win, etc. For Slavic languages, the Russian layout can be left unchanged.
By default in Windows (in almost allversions) the keyboard keys are configured so that switching between languages or layouts is done using the combination of the left Alt key and the Shift button. For many, such a combination is not very convenient (especially for those who have worked with the first versions of Windows, where the default switch was set to Ctrl + Shift).
To set your own parameters enoughCall up the language menu, go to the additional parameters and use the shortcut key change hyperlink (in earlier versions of Windows there is a special button for this). In this case, setting the keyboard on a laptop is no different from the actions performed on standard PCs.
Теперь еще об одном немаловажном моменте.If anyone does not know when suspicions arise about the appearance of faults, the keyboard settings can be checked in the simplest program way (you don’t even have to test the contacts, unless the device itself has completely failed).
For the test, you can use the screenthe keyboard, which is called from the main Start menu through the special features section. Everything is simple: when you press a certain key on a regular keyboard, the corresponding virtual keyboard key changes color, which indicates that everything is in order with the button. If there is no change, this is a clear sign of breakage.
But in this case, nothing particularly catastrophicnot. Keys can simply be reassigned. For example, the button of some letter or a function key does not work. For reassignment, you can download simple applets like SharpKeys or MapKeboard. Otherwise, you will have to use the registry editor with editing the Keyboard Layout parameter. The process is quite complicated, especially since the very question of changing the keys on a standard PS / 2 keyboard or some other, which is fundamentally different in layout, can be put into a separate topic. And if you take a multimedia or gaming keyboard, here, as they say, work - no end.
Но в целом, подвоя итог всему вышесказанному, It should be noted that the main keyboard settings should not cause any particular difficulties. If there are any problems, first check the ctfmon process in autoload (it is he who is responsible for switching languages and layouts). In the case when it is deactivated, and the language bar in the system tray may not be displayed.
