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help with console keyboard layout

  • 1.  help with console keyboard layout

    Posted Feb 07, 2017 12:21 PM

    I am implementing VMware ESXI 6 as my virtual hosting solution.

    i have 2 VM's that i cannot administer properly due to american keyboard layout on the console. i am in the united kingdom.

    i have:

    United Kindom selected in the "configure keyboard" option on the VM host.

    its also selected as the language on the install of the virtual machines (server 2012 r2)

    however when i launch the console there is a little american flag next to the full screen icon, clicking this allows me to choose German or Spanish etc but not UK, only English US.

    how do i get other keyboards etc.

    the main issue is that when using the server with power-shell, simple characters such as backslash are not available making using the server very difficult.