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Laptop with Danish Keyboard

caveman38
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For a couple of years, I have had a HP Zbook laptop. It is a top spec machine with the one drawback of having a Danish keyboard -
don't ask why. It is an easy workaround using MS - Spacebar to convert to Eng language and only presents a few problems.
I have had a few issues with key contact and have mucked up a couple of keys trying to remove the keyboard to check ribbon cable.
If I can get an engineer to repair with a new keyboard. Would an English keyboard work without the need to change language via the switch language option.
don't ask why. It is an easy workaround using MS - Spacebar to convert to Eng language and only presents a few problems.
I have had a few issues with key contact and have mucked up a couple of keys trying to remove the keyboard to check ribbon cable.
If I can get an engineer to repair with a new keyboard. Would an English keyboard work without the need to change language via the switch language option.
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As someone who uses both windows and Mac keyboards in both English and International Spanish I've never had a computer that automatically identifies the layout but you can go into the settings and fix it to whatever the keyboard is. That said, its rare that I bother as I am reasonably OK at touch typing with the keyboard/OS combination so know " and @ are reversed when using my mac keyboards on my windows laptop etc.
Years ago I switch a laptop's own keyboard and it worked the same with a spanish keyboard replacing an english one0 -
You could use a USB / wireless keyboard
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Change the keyboard to an English (UK) version and then set English (UK) as the default keyboard layout. Job done.0
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