Language

Windows

BIOS

Drive Encryption

 

 

 

 

 

Czech

The ğ key is rejected.

n/a

n/a

 

The į key is rejected.

 

 

 

The ų key is rejected.

 

 

 

The ė, ı, and ż keys

 

 

 

 

are rejected.

 

 

 

The ģ, ķ, ļ, ņ, and ŗ

 

 

 

 

keys are rejected.

 

 

Slovakian

The ż key is rejected.

The š, ś, and ş keys

n/a

 

 

 

are rejected when

 

 

 

 

typed, but they are

 

 

 

 

accepted when

 

 

 

 

entered with the soft

 

 

 

 

keyboard.

 

 

 

The ţ dead key

 

 

 

 

generates two

 

 

 

 

characters.

 

 

 

 

 

Hungarian

The ż key is rejected.

The ţ key generates two

n/a

 

 

characters.

 

 

 

 

 

Slovenian

The żŻ key is rejected in

ú, Ú, ů, Ů, ş, Ş, ś, Ś, š, and

n/a

 

Windows, and the alt key

Š keys are rejected in the

 

 

generates a dead key in the

BIOS.

 

 

BIOS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japanese

For Windows XP only, the

n/a

 

n/a

standard Japanese keyboard layout, 411, is fully supported. One IME, commonly represented in Windows XP as Microsoft Standard IME 2002, normally would not be supported. However, empirical testing has demonstrated that this IME is a near duplicate of keyboard layout 411 when typing simple characters. The software therefore switches this IME to keyboard layout 411 when securing the BIOS and HP Drive Encryption with localized Japanese passwords.

When available, Microsoft Office 2007 IME is a better choice. Despite the IME name, it is actually keyboard layout 411, which is supported.

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