Sunday, September 27, 2009

Making your Japanese 106/109 keyboard to work on Windows 7 English Platform

Here is an easy step to make your Japanese keyboard work on an English environment (Windows 7).

  1. Go to Control Panel.
  2. Click Keyboards
  3. Click Properties.
  4. Click the Driver tab, and then click Update Driver.

    The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard starts.
  5. Click Next.
  6. On the Install Hardware Device Drivers page, click Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver, and then click Next.
  7. On the Select a Device Driver page, disable Show all compatible hardware by clicking the checkbox.
  8. On the Select a Device Driver page, specify a Japanese keyboard driver. To do so, follow these steps:
    1. Under Manufacturers, click the manufacturer of the keyboard. For example, click Fujitsu.
    2. Under Models, click the model that you want. For example, click Fujitsu 109 USB Keyboard.
    3. Click Next, and then follow the instructions on the remaining pages of the wizard to install the keyboard driver.
  9. Note that sometimes the Standard type keyboard does not work and shows a code 10 error. I'm using an HP keyboard but installed Fujitsu 109 USB keyboard.

  10. That's it!