Hiragana Characters Do Not Appear on the On-Screen Keyboard, or Keys Are Missing From the On-Screen Keyboard When I am Using Japanese As My Input Language

You may not have the correct driver installed for the Japanese keyboard. Try installing a Japanese 106 keyboard driver, such as the Microsoft USB Office Keyboard (106/109) driver.

Warning: Installing this driver can change how the standard keyboard works on your Tablet PC.

Use the following steps to install the Microsoft USB Office keyboard (106/109) driver.

  1. From the Start menu, tap Control Panel.

  2. In Control Panel, tap Hardware and Sound, and then tap Keyboard.

  3. In the Keyboard Properties dialog box, tap the Hardware tab, and then tap Properties.

  4. On the keyboard properties dialog box, tap the Driver tab, and then tap Update Driver.

  5. On the How do you want to search for driver software page, tap Browse my computer for driver software.

  6. On the Browse for driver software on your computer page, tap Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.

  7. On the Select the device driver you want to install for this hardware page, tap to clear the Show compatible hardware check box.

  8. Under Manufacturer, tap Microsoft.

  9. Under Model, tap Microsoft USB Office Keyboard (106/109), and then tap Next.

  10. On the Update Driver Warning dialog box, tap Yes.

  11. On the Windows has successfully updated your driver software page, tap Close.

  12. To apply the changes, restart your computer.

Note: This information provided by Microsoft.

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