Sorry for the lengthy title, I tried to describe the problem as accurately but it's kinda hard to do it in a compact manner. Anyway, here's what I'm wondering: I have a keyboard which has both, the cyrillic and the latin alphabet and then I have a regular latin keyboard which I'm using right now. I was wondering if it's possible to set up my XP so that when I plug in the USB keyboard (the one with both, cyrillic and latin letters on the keys), the computer automatically recognizes it and switches to cyrillic and when I unplug it, the computer returns to the latin alphabet? I've heard of this sort of thing at our university computers but I haven't gotten to snoop around the settings myself so I'm relying only on second-hand information with this. What with my computer SKILLS being PRETTY much granddad-level, I need some help with this. Is there any way to make switching back and forth between latin and cyrillic easy and quick? Or do I just need to do it the hard way every time? That'd be annoying since often I need to change languages within the same e-mail, for example.

I'm using Windows XP on my main comp but I also have an Asus Eee PC with some kind of a Windows 7 mini-edition (not the full version of Word, ads on the side panels ETC). I would really appreciate any advice with adapting the Asus for the occasional use of the same cyrillic/latin USB-keyboard as well or are the settings exactly the same for both PLATFORMS?

Any help would be greatly appreciated (oh, and I do hope I posted this in the proper forum. If not, my apologies). Thanks in advance!

-ChrisSimple answer, NO. It will not switch by plugging in the keyboard.
But wait, there is more. Windows already has a quick way to swap layouts. And windows lets you have two keyboards at the same time.
So just plug in both keyboards. There is a special keystroke that swaps the lay-out. Yet both keyboards REMAIN active. Just don't let our left hand know what.. the right hand is doing.
Did you already read this? It was found in a Google search.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/The-Language-bar-overview
Key words: Windows Language Bar
Besides, you don't want to be plugging and unplugging the USB port. It really anyones Windows when you do that.

The feature is common to most versions of Windows. It is widely used in Europe. Or anywhere someone is working in two languages. But here in the USA, there is nobly one layout for American English. We need one for Redneck, a dialect used in parts of the USA.

Hope this helps.Excellent, now I can switch back and forth between cyrillic and latin simply by pressing left alt + shift + 1 for latin and the same except + 2 for Russian. Thanks a million! Problem solved.