>> I can understand different users having different language settings. 
>> But the friggin' keymap?? HOW can that be different for each user?!
>>
> On a desktop it is possible, for a laptop a bit more difficult, although 
> you can always plug in a usb keyboard... No, come to think about it, it 
> should on all systems be possible. Only I would expect that it would 
> take at least 5 generations for MS to get right.

Ah yes, that's the Really Fun Thing(tm). What happens if you have an 
English PS/2 keyboard and an American USB keyboard plugged in at the 
same time? The answer: No matter what keymap you select, one or other of 
the keyboards will malfunction. Isn't that wonderful?

> If on Vista it already 
> works that could be an indication that MS has changed it's testing 
> procedures. That reminds me that on this Vista system the exceptions 
> during filecopy also finally are handled in a useful way. Something 
> fishy going on. Anybody knows more?

I know little about Vista. ;-)

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