How to Set Default Keyboard Layout in Windows 10 using GPO

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How to Set Default Keyboard Layout in Windows 10 using GPO.

1. To get the related registry keys, you should configure a computer with the desired keyboard configuration;

2. Open the registry and navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload

3. For login screen use:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload 

Import keys into the Registry section of your Group Policy Management console.

1. Open the Group Policy Management Tool, and edit the policy that defines the user settings in your network;

2. Navigate in the Group Policy Editor to:

User Configuration\Preferences\Windows Settings\Registry

3. Manually add the registry settings.

Language packs codes for Windows

Language/regionLanguage/region tagLanguage/region IDLanguage/region decimal ID
Arabic (Saudi Arabia)ar-SA0x04011025
Bulgarian (Bulgaria)bg-BG0x04021026
Chinese (Hong Kong SAR)zh-HK Note: No longer used. See zh-TW.0x0c043076
Chinese (PRC)zh-CN0x08042052
Chinese (Taiwan)zh-TW0x04041028
Croatian (Croatia)hr-HR0x041a1050
Czech (Czech Republic)cs-CZ0x04051029
Danish (Denmark)da-DK0x04061030
Dutch (Netherlands)nl-NL0x04131043
English (United States)en-US0x04091033
English (United Kingdom)en-GB0x08092057
Estonian (Estonia)et-EE0x04251061
Finnish (Finland)fi-FI0x040b1035
French (Canada)fr-CA0x0c0c3084
French (France)fr-FR0x040c1036
German (Germany)de-DE0x04071031
Greek (Greece)el-GR0x04081032
Hebrew (Israel)he-IL0x040d1037
Hungarian (Hungary)hu-HU0x040e1038
Italian (Italy)it-IT0x04101040
Japanese (Japan)ja-JP0x04111041
Korean (Korea)ko-KR0x04121042
Latvian (Latvia)lv-LV0x04261062
Lithuanian (Lithuania)lt-LT0x04271063
Norwegian, Bokmål (Norway)nb-NO0x04141044
Polish (Poland)pl-PL0x04151045
Portuguese (Brazil)pt-BR0x04161046
Portuguese (Portugal)pt-PT0x08162070
Romanian (Romania)ro-RO0x04181048
Russian (Russia)ru-RU0x04191049
Serbian (Latin, Serbia)sr-Latn-CS Note: No longer used. See sr-Latn-RS.0x081a2074
Serbian (Latin, Serbia)sr-Latn-RS0x241A9242
Slovak (Slovakia)sk-SK0x041b1051
Slovenian (Slovenia)sl-SI0x04241060
Spanish (Mexico)es-MX0x080a2058
Spanish (Spain)es-ES0x0c0a3082
Swedish (Sweden)sv-SE0x041d1053
Thai (Thailand)th-TH0x041e1054
Turkish (Turkey)tr-TR0x041f1055
Ukrainian (Ukraine)uk-UA0x04221058
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