as an administrator i am often connected to different servers via rdp .. as i use multiple keyboard layouts i noticed that with windows 8 the systray icons seems to “jump” when a rdp-session is focused and then not focused …

rdp-session focused:

rdp-session not focused:

the annoying thing was .. when you click any icon while the rdp-session is focused you will actually click the icon right from it …

i found out that the new keyboard layout switching button can be replaced with the old desktop language bar …

this bar will also hide when a rdp-session is focused .. but it will not make the systray icons jump as it is located left from the systray …

to activate it you have to go to the language settings and there click on “advanced settings”:

in the advanced settings you will find the option “use the desktop language bar when it’s available” .. this will bring back the old desktop language bar …