Upgrade from Windows 95/98 Loses Regional Options "Hot Keys" (227978)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
This article was previously published under Q227978

SYMPTOMS

After you upgrade from Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98 to Windows 2000, your assigned "hot keys" in the Regional Options tool in Control Panel are gone.

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, re-create your "hot keys":
  1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Regional Options.
  3. Click the Input Locales tab.
  4. Click the item you want to change, and then click Change Key Sequence.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/5/2003
Keywords:kbbug kbenv kbpending KB227978
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