--- Forwarded Message from "Sharon Boyle" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Subject: RE: LLTI Digest - 19 Feb 2007 to 20 Feb 2007 (#2007-27) >Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:16:02 -0700 >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >Thread-Topic: LLTI Digest - 19 Feb 2007 to 20 Feb 2007 (#2007-27) >Thread-Index: AcdVdsuSxGH1wQDTSB60C50wPbPwEQAd/18g >References: <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> >From: "Sharon Boyle" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Cc: "Harold Hendricks" <[log in to unmask]>, "Jarom McDonald" <[log in to unmask]> Laura, We've experienced similar problems with our Russian Phonetic Keyboard installation, which was developed here at BYU several years ago. All of our Humanities lab and classroom systems were experiencing spontaneous re-boots, and it took us quite awhile to narrow it down to the Russian Phonetic keyboard program we were installing. I deployed an image at the beginning of this semester which didn't include the Russian Phonetic Keyboard, and we had no re-booting problems. Jarom McDonald is to be credited with doing the sleuthing which tracked down the problem. Jarom suggested we try the free Russian Phonetic Keyboard download indicated below. We installed the program a couple of weeks ago on several of our computers and have not experienced any adverse effects. The installation of the keyboard program is a bit bulky, but I found the bulky installation problem to be miniscule after experiencing the re-booting problems. One of our students has scripted the installation to make it a little easier. We're currently using MS Office 2003. We haven't yet tried the keyboard with MS Office 2007. Russian (Phonetic) Keyboard Installation: 1. Download the keyboard file from http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/paulgor/kbdnt_zh.zip 2. Extract the .dll from the .zip package and copy it to C:\Windows\System32. 3. Open the Registry Editor (Run/Regedit) and go to HKEY.LOCAL_MACHINE/System/Current Control Set/Control/Keyboard Layouts/00010419. 4. Double-click on "Layout File" to and change it to KBD1251Y.DLL. 5. Double-click on "Layout Text" and change it to "Russian (Phonetic)." 6. Add new Russian keyboard-it will still say "(Typewriter)." 7. Run the Registry Editor again, go to Edit/Find and search for "(Typewriter)." It will take you directly to where you need to edit. Change the key to say "(Phonetic)." 8. Be sure "English" remains the default language on the Language Bar. If it doesn't, go to Regional and Language Settings in the Control Panel, check the default language and be sure it's "English." 9. To double-check the installation, open up Word. Select Russian as the default language. Once Russian is selected, click on the little keyboard in the Language Bar, and you should have the option of selecting either the Russian native keyboard or the Russian Phonetic Keyboard. Select the Russian Phonetic Keyobard. Then press the W & V keys. The W should be a Russian character and the V should be a B. 10. If it isn't working correctly, try logging out of the account and logging back in or re-booting the system before re-installing. Please contact me if you have any questions or problems. Sharon _____________ Sharon L. Boyle Computer Support Representative 1163F JFSB Humanities College Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602-6703 Tel: 801.422.2739 Fax: 801.422.0304 -----Original Message----- From: Harold Hendricks [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 10:12 PM To: Sharon Boyle; Jarom McDonald Subject: Fwd: LLTI Digest - 19 Feb 2007 to 20 Feb 2007 (#2007-27) We are not the only ones with Russian keyboard problems. Either of you care to respond to Laura's query? Begin forwarded message: > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:38:02 -0500 > From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: #8471 Russian Phonetic Keyboards > > --- Forwarded Message from Laura Atkinson <[log in to unmask]> > --- > >> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:07:29 -0500 >> From: Laura Atkinson <[log in to unmask]> >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Russian Phonetic Keyboards > > > All, > > I am looking for a phonetic Russian keyboard for Windows XP. The one > at > > http://www.gwu.edu/~slavic/gw-cyrillic/cyrilize.htm > > was requested to be on our lab machines, but when I install that one > it causes our machines to blue screen a lot. It did not cause a > problem on another test machine, so it seems to be something about our > lab machines (PCI cards, motherboard, who knows). > > A quick Google search gives me other choices for a phonetic keyboard, > but I'm wondering if there's one LLTI users can highly recommend, and > for my own curiosity, if anyone else had trouble with the one > mentioned above. > > Thanks, > ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > Laura Atkinson > Instructional Technology Lab Specialist Center for Instructional > Technology / Instructional Media & Language Technology Services Duke > University [log in to unmask] > ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harold H. 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