Change Keyboard Language in Windows Login page

Is there someone WHO can help with a solution to a multilanguage Windows 8.1 image i'm testing at the moment.

My problem is in the login window, where i can't find a solution to set the keyboard languge trough GPO or Registry.

I have tried to set the language in the registry:

HKEY_Users\.default\Keyboard LAyout\Preload:  1 = reg_sz to 00000406 (Danish language code), but this does not Work and then i have tried to set the same in S-1-5-18/19 and 20, but nothing helps.

The GPO for setting language inside Windows Works fine, but i really need to also get the login window to use the same language, as someone is using some special charater and they can't find them, when the login window is using United Kingdom keyboard and not the local language.

I have search the net for a solution, but the only solution i can find, is to manually go in to the control panel > Region > Administrative > Copy Settings by choosing manually to use the same language with the "Welcome screen and system accounts.

There most be someone else in the same situations, where they want this set Automatic, so i can use the multilanguage image around the World?

Really hope someone has the solution to this.... :-)


Additional information is that i have made the image by using DISM to integrate the language pack to both the boot.wim and the install.wim and have set the United kingdom to the default language.
January 21st, 2014 3:36pm

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