Using Microsoft Keyboard layout

I've got my Macbook happily dual booting with both Windows 7 and the native Mac OS however I'm having trouble getting the keyboard layouts right.

I'm used to using the Microsoft British key layout - and the Mac British key layout seems to be more like the Microsoft U.S. key layout in that some of the keys are swapped over:
" and @
~ and |
and the Mac keyboard doesn't even have a # key on it, I need to use [Alt 3]

I've got a Microstof style USB keyboard plugged in and I've set all the language options in Windows to use the non-Apple version - but all the keys are still using the Apple mappings - which means they don't correspond with my physical keyboard

Does anyone know where I can get a Microsoft Keyboard mapping for Windows 7? I've seen a few posts that link to a place where you can get a Microsoft key mapping for Mac OS - this will be useful if I want to use my USB keyboard from the Mac boot - but I can't seem to find anything to get the Windows side to map correctly.

Any pointers would be appreciated

Seems like a lot of trouble to go through when you can buy a British Apple aluminum keyboard to use instead. Have you thought about doing that? I have no idea what the cost would be where you are but here in the States that keyboard sells for $49.99. (wired)

Hi chscag - thanks for the reply

Actually I usually just kinda inherit hardware from the debris left by other developers, so I'd rather not have to buy new kit if possible.

However, I did have a look at the British Apple keyboards and they seem to have the same basic layout as the one on the Macbook Air - i.e. the keys are swapped over from the IBM/Microsoft layout. If I want to use a Apple format keyboard I can use the British Apple keyboard on the laptop itself - but this usually means when I'm typing quickly I end up typing email addresses like: someone"somewhere.com

Actually - If I could figure out a way of setting the native laptop keyboard up to the IBM/Microsoft layout I could ignore the fact that the keys were marked differently (my fingers know where they expect the keys to be, so if I don't look at the keyboard I'll be fine!)

Just a note to say - I have resolved this quirk by installing alternative Keyboard Drivers on Windows 7

I picked up some Logitec drivers here : Logitec

Then set the USB keybord to use these drivers. Since the keyboard I have uses the same basic key mappings as the logitec one, it now works as expected

(and the Mac Keyboard still behaves like a Mac one - which is nice)

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