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Keyboard Language Blocked by System Administrator

Anonymous
2024-11-22T04:39:33+00:00

Thank you very much for your attention.

At my workplace, changing the keyboard language or layout has been blocked. When one tries to add a language, it is completely impossible without an administrator-privileged account.

The system administrator wants to help me but does not know where to enable this or at least make the required languages available to non-administrator users. He has told me that if I know the configuration, he will be happy to help me change it.

Could you please tell us where we can change it? Because the option does not appear in the Region & Language settings. We are using Windows 10 and 11.

Again, thank you very much for y

our attention.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-23T20:29:16+00:00

    Thank you very much. I have tried the settings you mentioned, and unfortunately, they are not available; they do not appear. I have been investigating on my own and it seems that this needs to be enabled from PowerShell.

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  2. Lee Teck Koon 3,185 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2024-11-25T00:37:08+00:00

    Glad that you managed to resolve the issue.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-23T23:18:51+00:00

    I solved my problems using the following commands

    1. $LanguageList = Get-WinUserLanguageList
    2. $LanguageList.Add("En-US")
    3. LanguageList[1].InputMethodTips.Clear()
    4. $LanguageList[1].InputMethodTips.Add('080A:00020409')
    5. Set-WinUserLanguageList $LanguageList

    Alternatively, the following commands can also be used.

    1. $LanguageList = Get-WinUserLanguageList
    2. $LanguageList[0].InputMethodTips.Add('080A:00020409')
    3. Set-WinUserLanguageList $LanguageList

    I hope this can help someone who has the same problem.

    Sincerely.

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  4. Lee Teck Koon 3,185 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2024-11-22T08:15:50+00:00

    Hi ,

    I'm Lee, an independent advisor & an end user just like you. I hope that I would be of any help to your current issue.

    open run dialog

    enter

    gpedit.msc

    & enter to open the Group Policy Editor

    Navigate to the following path

    Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Regional and Language Options

    Look for policy named "Allow users to change keyboard layout".

    Double-click on it to open the policy settings.

    Set the policy to Enabled.

    Click Apply and then OK.

    Look for the policy named "Allow users to add input languages".

    Double-click on it to open the policy settings.

    Set the policy to Enabled.

    Click Apply and then OK.

    open run dialog

    enter

    gpupdate /force

    & enter to update the Group Policy settings.

    this should be able to resolve your issue.

    Hope that works for you.

    If that is not the case, please kindly attach a screen-shot of the issue so we could work towards resolving it.

    Regards,

    Lee

    Independent Advisor.

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