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Czech Keyboard Layout Has Wrong Mapping

Article ID: 163873

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q163873

SYMPTOMS

When using the Czech keyboard layout, you'll notice that the "\" (backslash) and "|" (pipe) characters are reversed.

CAUSE

The shift state of OEM_102 was reversed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Keywords: kbbug kbhardware KB163873