Setting default keyboard layout in Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012
Solution 1:
It's not a bug, it's a feature! To set input language of the login screen open the control panel "Control Panel > Clock, Language, and Region > Language". Click at the link Advanced settings. Set the Windows display language and input method as you want it. Then click at the link Apply language settings to the welcome screen etc. Click at the button Copy settings. Click at the checkbox Copy settings to Welcome screen and system accounts. Click OK. Close all windows. Log out.
Solution 2:
In Advanced settings
- Change Override default input language to English
- Choose Let me set a different input method for each app window
- Reboot