Manual Installation of Thai Keyboard Driver for Windows 95, 98 and ME


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DO NOT follow these instructions for Windows XP. Instead follow, the step-by-step guide here.

WARNING! These instructions should only be carried out by a person with proficient computer skills. Editing the Windows registry improperly can cause Windows to malfunction or stop working altogether.


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    Many thanks go to David Aarons for providing these instructions. No responsibility can be accepted for errors or omissions contained herein.


  1. Install Thai Fonts.


    1. If you see Thai characters here ... ΚΗΡΚ΄Υ ... you already have Thai fonts installed. Go straight to section 2 - Download Keyboard Drivers.


    2. Otherwise, follow the instructions HERE to install Thai Fonts.



  2. Download Keyboard Drivers


    1. Click here to download the Thai keyboard driver files.


      2. File Download


    2. When prompted click Open


      3. Thai Keyboard Drivers


    3. When the above window appears, click Extract.


    4. The files will be placed in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM sub-directory for you.



  3. Edit the Registry


    1. Click mouse over start button (bottom Left Hand Side of screen). Select Run. Type regedit and click OK.


    2. Open by double clicking left mouse button over


      • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then
      • SYSTEM, then
      • Current Control SET, then
      • Control, then
      • Keyboard Layouts


      Left hand side of screen should list a long series of folders with numbers such as 0000200A. Check to determine if 0000041E is there. If not create it by pointing the mouse over words Keyboard Layouts, click once only with the RIGHT mouse button, this should create a new window with options:-


      • Collapse
      • New
      • Find
      • Delete
      • Rename
      • Copy Key Name


    3. Point mouse over New to reveal sub menu:-


      • KEY
      • String Value
      • Binary Value
      • DWord Value


    4. Point mouse over KEY select by clicking once with the left button. A new key will be generated called 'new key #1'. Move the mouse over it and type over the word to rename the key 0000041E followed by ENTER key. (If you are unable to rename it use the right button of the mouse and select rename).


    5. Move pointer over right hand side of window (white area). Right click to reveal word 'new'. Move pointer over 'new' to reveal sub menu:-


      • KEY
      • String Value
      • Binary Value
      • DWord Value


    6. Click String Value to create string value #1 on Right Hand Side of screen.


    7. Repeat step 3 v. and 3 vi. to create string value #2 as well.


    8. Rename string value # 1 and string value # 2 by clicking with the RIGHT mouse button over the new lines and selecting RENAME. Rename string value # 1 and string value # 2 as layout file and layout text respectively.


    9. Double click on layout file and type kbdth0.kbd where prompted for 'value data'. Click OK.


    10. Double click on layout text and type Thai Kedmanee where prompted for 'value data'. Click OK.


    11. Move to the LHS of the screen, scroll down the screen to find NLS. Double click on NLS to reveal Add Locales, Codepages and Locales. Click on Locales to reveal a series of similar list of keys to those used previously. Find 0000041E. This should be followed by "" with no text between the inverted comma's. Click on the key 0000041E and enter THAI when prompted for 'value data' followed by OK.


    12. Click cross at top right hand side of window to close Registry editor.


  4. Install Keyboard


    1. Open Control Panel (Start/settings/control panel) and double click on Keyboard. Select Language Tab at top. Click Add and scroll down to find Thai. Click Apply. Screen should now have original keyboard plus Thai keyboard. Finally ensure that right hand side identifies layout as Thai Kedmanee and 'enable indicator on task bar' is checked. Click Apply and then OK.


  5. Testing


    1. Selecting Language


      2. The Task Bar at the bottom Right Hand Side of the screen should now have a blue box with letters signifying the language set on the computer such as En for English. Move the pointer to the letters and click to reveal a menu of languages that should include Th for Thai. Select which ever you desire using the mouse.


    2. Open MS Word or Wordpad and type a few character using one language, select the other language and type a few more characters. If all is well you should see Thai and English characters.



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