I have a question about Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?:

I'm having problems when I open a DOS window, that my keyboard isn't mapped correctly (for example the @ symbol prints as an inverted comma). Under DOS, this used to be handled by loading code pages and using country.sys and keyboard.sys - and was relatively simple to fix - but I can't find a fix under Windows ME. The keyboard and country settings are correct in Control Panel and everything works fine in a Windows program, but not when I open a DOS window. Any ideas, anyone?

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Just some information for anyone who is having this problem.... The solution is VERY 
obscure but I found it in the end and it goes as follows:-

Open a DOS window and type MSCONFIG. The System Configuration Utility should start. 
If it doesn't, change directory to "C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND" and try again. Once the SCU 
is open, select the "International" tab and select your appropriate language setting. 
After the various fields have been filled in, look at the one named "Keyboard Data 
File Name". No matter what it says in this field, delete the entry and simply type 
"keyboard.sys" (omitting the quotation marks). DON'T type in any specific path name. 
Re-start your computer and bingo!

I believe that this problem only affects Windows ME, but feel free to correct me 
if you encounter it on another OS.

JohnE





On Saturday, January 26, 2002 at 10:33 am, JohnE wrote:
>I have a question about Do 
>I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?:

>I'm having problems when I open a DOS window, that my keyboard isn't mapped correctly 
>(for example the @ symbol prints as an inverted comma). Under DOS, this used to 
be 
>handled by loading code pages and using country.sys and keyboard.sys - and was relatively 
>simple to fix - but I can't find a fix under Windows ME.  The keyboard and country 
>settings are correct in Control Panel and everything works fine in a Windows program, 
>but not when I open a DOS window.  Any ideas, anyone?

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Thanks Mr.JohnE I was facing problem of DATE on DOS Prompt as mm/dd/yyyy, I did as you told (except keyboard.sys) and my problem solved with CODE PAGE : 850 , COUNTRY : 44. Language ID : UK, Now my DOS Prompt in WINDOWS ME showing the date in format of dd/mm/yyyy. Thanks a lot, god bless you.


On Monday, January 28, 2002 at 11:41 am, JohnE wrote:

>Just some information for anyone who is having this problem.... The solution is 
VERY 
>obscure but I found it in the end and it goes as follows:-
>
>Open a DOS window and type MSCONFIG. The System Configuration Utility should start. 
>If it doesn't, change directory to "C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND" and try again. Once the 
SCU 
>is open, select the "International" tab and select your appropriate language setting. 
>After the various fields have been filled in, look at the one named "Keyboard Data 
>File Name". No matter what it says in this field, delete the entry and simply type 
>"keyboard.sys" (omitting the quotation marks). DON'T type in any specific path name. 
>Re-start your computer and bingo!
>
>I believe that this problem only affects Windows ME, but feel free to correct me 
>if you encounter it on another OS.
>
>JohnE
>

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In my case, I found I had to go to c:\windows\system before typing msconfig. However, this worked. Thank you JohnE, yours is the only helpo I have found.


On Wednesday, September 4, 2002 at 2:56 am, Learner wrote:
>Thanks Mr.JohnE
>
>I was facing problem of DATE on DOS Prompt as mm/dd/yyyy, I did as you told (except
>keyboard.sys) and my problem solved with CODE PAGE : 850 , COUNTRY : 44. Language
>ID : UK, Now my DOS Prompt in WINDOWS ME showing the date in format of dd/mm/yyyy.
>
>Thanks a lot, god bless you.
>
>

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nice one ..this rocked ,,keep up the good work

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I'm running on windows 98 se, i also need my date format to to british at the dos prompt but i can't seem to find out how to do this. The msconfig must be different in ME as i don't have a "international" tab in my 98'. I tried adding COUNTRY=44 in my config.sys but i just got a config.sys error message on boot up. Can anyone help? Thanx in advance, Ben.


On Monday, January 28, 2002 at 11:41 am, JohnE wrote:

>Just some information for anyone who is having this problem.... The solution is 
VERY 
>obscure but I found it in the end and it goes as follows:-
>
>Open a DOS window and type MSCONFIG. The System Configuration Utility should start. 
>If it doesn't, change directory to "C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND" and try again. Once the 
SCU 
>is open, select the "International" tab and select your appropriate language setting. 
>After the various fields have been filled in, look at the one named "Keyboard Data 
>File Name". No matter what it says in this field, delete the entry and simply type 
>"keyboard.sys" (omitting the quotation marks). DON'T type in any specific path name. 
>Re-start your computer and bingo!
>
>I believe that this problem only affects Windows ME, but feel free to correct me 
>if you encounter it on another OS.
>
>JohnE
>

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