In Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server, the terminology is an input locale. To add an input locale, you first start in the Control Panel, where you can find the icon for Regional Options (Figure 1).
Figure 1: The Regional Options Icon
Click the icon to launch the dialog. Then choose the Input Locales tab to view all of the currently chosen input locales (Figure 2).
Figure 2: The Input Locales Tab of the Regional Options Dialog
You can then click on the Add button to launch the Add Input Locale dialog (Figure 3).
Figure 3: The Add Input Locale Dialog
Select the language you want the keyboard to appear under and then select your custom keyboard layout, then click Ok. You will be returned to the Input Locales tab of the Regional Options dialog, and you will be able to see your custom keyboard layout added to the list (Figure 4).
Figure 4: Seeing the New Keyboard Layout in the Input Locales Tab of the Regional Options Dialog
If you look in the Windows Explorer taskbar, you will see an icon with two letters in it which is known as the language indicator. Clicking on that icon will show you the list of languages and you will be allowed to select your custom keyboard layout (Figure 5).
Figure 5: The Input Locale Indicator on the Taskbar