How do I enter the @ sign in the Windows 7 logon screen?
Assuming you have a password that includes the @ sign – how do you enter that in the Windows 7 logon screen?
The workaround I have found so far is to use ALT+6+4 (on the number pad). This works, but is cumbersome.
I am guessing that this is a non-issue on a US keyboard? Does it work?
On the keyboard I am using (Swiss German) you need to press ALTGR+2 to get the @ symbol and the logon screen does not recognize this combination – it doesn't add a character bullet to the text box.
Update: This morning I tried to login and everything just worked. Bummer. That was the lock screen, though. So next, I logged out and there: I can't do any ALTGR combinations (so that rules out the German-German hypothesis) – but SHIFT+2 does work. Hm…
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Verify that you already have your Swiss layout at logon. If it seems to be German (Z vs. Y), maybe try AltGrQ for the @ (German-German).
This is the registry key where Windows 7 sets the layouts used at logon:
HKEY_Users\.Default\Keyboard Layout\PreloadGerman has the code 407. Swiss (German) should be 807 according to this list (Thanks MSalters and Daren Thomas for the enlightenment and yes your link is the better one).
3Set your system profile's regional settings to match yours:
