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How to change default keyboard layout on the login screen

About time Microsoft lets users customize this.

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Just like what Microsoft did with theWinAppSDK-powered look of File Explorer on Windows 11 Insider Build 25300, the tech giant is reportedly testing out a good feature for those with more than one keyboard layout or those who work or study in a bilingual environment.

As pointed out by Windows enthusiast Gustave Monce (@gus33000), the feature, which is currently living hidden in the classic Control Panel, renames the Language section into Keyboard and brings out a drop-down list of installed languages you can use on the login screen.

25300 also includes the ability to manage the order of the keyboard layout for us people with more than one keyboard layout, and it does reflect in the flyout to switch between thempic.twitter.com/G741Rz9inS

If you’re still curious, read along to find out how you can enable this feature.

How can I change the default keyboard layout on the login screen?

How can I change the default keyboard layout on the login screen?

  1. Make sure to have the Windows 11 Insider Build 25300 installed in your system. If not, head over toMicrosoft’s download page for insider buildsto do so.

  2. Head over to GitHub todownload the latest version of ViVeTool.

  3. Once downloaded, clickExtract all, select the location where you want to extract it by clickingBrowse, then hitExtract.

In this case, we extract it atC:\Users\WindowsReport\Documents\Tools\ViVeTool-v0.3.2

  1. Hit?on your keyboard, then type “cmd” and right-click onCommand Prompt->Run as administrator.

  2. Type in cd + the directory where we extracted ViVeTool. In this case, it’s atC:\Users\WindowsReport\Documents\Tools\ViVeTool-v0.3.2, then hitEnter.

  3. Type the following command then hitEnter.

  4. Reboot the computer.

In the meantime, it’s still worth noting that being an insider-only feature that isn’t out for primetime yet, you may be running into some performance problems here and there, so, patience is a virtue.

Have you tried Windows 11 Insider Build 25300? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

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Rafly Gilang

Rafly is a journalist with growing experience, ranging from technology, business, social, and culture. A holder of the Romanian government scholarship, his writing has been published in several local and national publications.

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