Keyboard layout of MAC changes when starting a VM

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by JohnD21, Feb 24, 2018.

  1. JohnD21

    JohnD21 Bit poster

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    Hello,

    i have several keyboard layouts defined in my iMAC (Apple Magic Keyboard, Standard PC Keyboard).

    By default, the added Standard PC Keyboard is active on my iMAC. As soon as I start a new VM, the keyboard changes to default Apple Magic Keyboard layout, so in the VM, the keyboard layout is a mess ...
    Going back to Mac OS and changing the Keyboard to Standard PC Layout ... but as soon as I click into the VM Window, the keyboard changes to Apple Magic Keyboard ...

    How can I fix this ?
     
    JohnD21, Feb 24, 2018
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  2. PaulChristopher@Parallels

    PaulChristopher@Parallels Product Expert Staff Member

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    Hi @JohnD21, are you using Windows 10 virtual machine? Please take a Snapshot and then follow the steps mentioned below to fix the issue:
    1. Go to Windows 10 Settings menu -> type "Region and Language" -> under "Preferred language" choose the desired language, click on Options -> Add a keyboard -> choose the desired language.
    2. Reboot the virtual machine and check the keyboard layout and keep us posted the results.
     
    PaulChristopher@Parallels, Aug 4, 2018
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  3. TENH

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    Thank you so much! I had the same problem of keyboard switching to something else under Windows and have been searching for a solution for 3 hours now, found it!! But that still doesn't explain why this happened all of a sudden, everything worked fine until it changed in a sec :-(
     
    TENH, Aug 21, 2018
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