US Keyboard Layout

By default, you may find you have a US keyboard layout. Follow the instructions below to change to a GB layout. Note: In virtualized environments, layout changes may not be persistent.

Windows: Change to GB Layout

Steps to Change Keyboard Layout:

Open PowerShell as Administrator
Check current layout:
```
Get-WinUserLanguageList
```

Set GB PC-105 Extended Keyboard layout:

Set-WinUserLanguageList -LanguageList en-GB -Force

Verify new layout:
```
Get-WinUserLanguageList
```

Note: You may need to restart your session for changes to take full effect.

Linux: Change to GB Layout

Steps to Change Keyboard Layout:

Check current layout:
```
setxkbmap -query
```

View available GB keyboard layouts:

grep gb: /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst

Set GB PC-105 Extended Keyboard layout:

setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout gb -variant extd

Verify new layout:
```
setxkbmap -query
```

Note: These changes are temporary and will reset after reboot unless made permanent through system settings.

Key Commands Summary

Windows Commands:

Get-WinUserLanguageList - Check current layout
Set-WinUserLanguageList - Change layout

Linux Commands:

setxkbmap -query - Check current layout
setxkbmap - Change layout
grep gb: /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst - List GB layouts