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Changed keyboard layout can lead to login problem

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Description

If you change the keyboard layout within the vm to for example german (which means y and z swap place) and you have the Standard password 'MyWindowsPassword' set, winapps wont be able to access the vm anymore.
i think it's because of the y in 'my'.
My solution was to just change the password within the vm and in the config file.
but maybe winapps should have a setting for the keyboard Layout to use?

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No file, test, or entry point is named. Reproduce the login failure after changing the VM keyboard layout to German and compare how the configured password is sent and how keyboard layout handling is selected; done means the standard password works or the supported configuration is clearly documented.

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Tech stack
shell
Domain
authentication
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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