Microsoft KB Archive/253979

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

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Q253979

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

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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 this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv kbtool KBW2KHOME

Issue type : kbprb

Technology : kbwin2000Search kbwin2000ProSearch kbwin2000Pro