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Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator 1.4 on Win 7 SP1

Anonymous
2011-11-19T11:00:10+00:00

I tried to install Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator 1.4 on my x64 machine running Windows 7 SP1.

The program installs without any error message, but when opening it, it shows only a gray screen where the keyboard preview should be.

I downloaded the latest version from the following site, where the system requirements list "Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, or Windows 7. (MSKLC 1.4 will not run on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT 4.)"

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964665

Then I installed MKLC with Administrator privileges as suggested in this thread:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-desktop/windows-keyboard-layout-creator/c0ce230c-6bc0-48f5-a671-3da79dd1eaa3

This didn't solve it.

Later I tried this solution:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-desktop/how-to-install-microsoft-keyboard-layout-creator/a18bf7cb-404c-4def-8b10-381edd4addd0

going back to Windows XP. Without any success.

Any further ideas? Thanks in advance.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-11-20T11:32:30+00:00

    I found the solution.

    You need to uncheck "Use Windows XP style DPI scaling" under Windows display options > "Set custom text size (DPI)".

    cf. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2010/06/24/10028177.aspx

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-11-20T07:06:21+00:00

    Hi,

    I would suggest you to perform clean boot and check.

    How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

    Note: After troubleshooting, make sure to put the computer to start as usual as mentioned in Step 7 in the above KB article.

    I would suggest you to contact the manufacture of your keyboard and check.

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