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People have been noticing that attempting install an MSKLC-generated keyboard layout on Vista has some problems. Say you take your handy dandy custom Bulgarian keyboard created by MSKLC:
You try to double click on the Bulg.msi file, and you may or may not get the LUA dialog:
However, whether you get it or not, and no matter which option you choose if you do, the final result is unfortunately the same. :-(
Now it may or may not be a bug that if you are running a recent enough build to get the LUA dialog that clicking "Allow" doesn't allow the install to proceed. We'll figure that out later.
For now, the easy workaround!
Just run from an elevated command prompt, by right clicking on the Comand Prompt option on the Start Menu and choosing to Run as administrator:
After saying Continue when that User Account Control dialog comes up:
you will then have a command prompt that you can run Bulg.msi from, and it will install just fine!
Don't you love happy endings?
Now LUA (Least-privileged User Account) or UAC (User Account Control) is serving an important purpose here -- to make sure that you are okay with the changes this installer tries to make to your system -- a file in your system32 directory, and registry keys under KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. So it is a pretty invasive little bugger, an MSKLC generated keyboard layout install. The key is making sure that you give it the right permissions to get its work done. :-)
Now the other question, the one I tabled earlier -- whether, if you say "Allow" to a LUA dialog should it still fail? I assume this would be a bug (the same thing happens if I run msiexec /i Bulg.msi from an unelevated command prompt). Probably someone ought to fix that. :-)
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Instructions for installing MSKLC-generated keyboards in Vista very clear and useful. Sincere thanks!
Want an .msi to run English, French, Italian, German, Danish, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguesewithout changing layout? Didn't think so: go to http://tagg.org/zmisc/KbdPT01.htm...
Thanks again for this. I have to write stuff in English, French, Swedish and Italian, so the DOS "Run as administrator" work-around was great. Now I can do
~` !1 @2 #3 $4 %5 ^6 &7 *8 (9)0 _- += Qq Ww Rr Tt Yy Uu Ii Oo Pp {[ }] Aa Ss Dd Ff Gg Hh Jj Kk Ll :; "' Zz Xx Cc Vv Bb Nn Mm <, >. ?/ plus Á À Â Ã Å Ä Æ Ç Ð É È Ê Ë Í Ì Î Ï Ñ Ó Ò Ô Õ Ö Ø Œ Š Þ Ú Ù Û Ü Ý á à â ã å ä æ ç ð é è ê ë í ì î ï ñ ó ò ô õ ö ø œ ß š þ ú ù û ü ý ÿ ¡ ¿ ‘ ’ “ ” « » … ¹ ² ³ ¼ ½ ¾ ‰ ° ª ¶ § † ‡ ¬
without having to change keyboard layout. The *.msi download is at http://tagg.org/zmisc/KbdPT01.htm for the amusement of any other insane scribal polyglot.