Lowercase Characters Appear Using CAPS LOCK on Bulgarian Keyboard (278268)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0

This article was previously published under Q278268

SYMPTOMS

If you set your locale to Bulgarian and are using the Bulgarian input locale, certain characters may appear in lowercase even when the CAPS LOCK key is enabled. The list of affected Cyrillic letters and the position on the U.S. keyboard (in quotation marks) includes:

TSE, "["
EM, ";"
CHE, "'"
ER, ","
EL, "."
BE, "/"

CAUSE

The keyboard mapping file is missing the directive that is necessary for this functionality in the keyboard description file.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
   Date        Time    Size    File name  Platform
   -----------------------------------------------
   11/06/2000  05:49p   8,976  Kbdbu.dll  Intel
   11/06/2000  05:48p  13,072  Kbdbu.dll  Alpha
				

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/26/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbWin2000PreSP2Fix KB278268