Environment: Windows Server 2003 DCs and Windows XP SP3 desktops (about 100 users)
I have been working towards getting my users set up so that they can edit Word 2007 documents with the language defaulting to EN-AU (Australian English) rather than EN-US. It seems that there are three (3) elements to getting this working right:
- language of the default NORMAL.DOTM file;
- Office 2007 default language settings; and
- the input language in the user's profile
I've sorted #1 out by setting up a NORMAL.DOTM file and ensuring that it is copied to the right location on each user PC via the company logon script.
I've sorted #2 out by installing Office 2007 .ADM group policy files and configuring a GPO which sets Office 2007 default language to Australian English
Now I am stuck on solving item #3. There doesn't seem to be any way that I can find to set the "Text Services and Input Language" (ref: Control Panel, Regional and Language Options, Languages, Details, Default Input Language) via group policy, or in fact, by any method whatsoever, other than by visiting each user's PC and manually checking what they are using. Nor have I been able to discover whether this is even a registry setting (we used a SysInternals tool to monitor registry changes, changed the settings, checked for registry updates, but couldn't see anything relevant).
Can this even be done by a GPO? Has anyone had to do this, or something very similar, which might give me a clue how to proceed from here? Obviously we can visit each user PC (there are only about 100 of them), but I much prefer using GPOs because its an enforceable, sustainable approach.
The only other thought I had was that maybe this is a GPP option, not a GPO option. I don't (yet) have a Windows 7 or Vista PC here that I can use to load up RSAT and check this out for myelf, although I should have my new Windows 7 laptop available in 2-3 weeks.