I just connected an old Microsoft Ergo 4000 keyboard to my MBP. I got the setup question to press the key next to left shift. Then I switched alt/windows option/command so it's the same as on the built in laptop keyboard and thought that was it.
After a while I noticed it doesn't map §° and <> correctly:
https://goo.gl/photos/VV9WaFAh99GDBnmP7
Want to setup again, but can't.
Installed Microsoft drivers intellitype but they seem to not find any microsoft keyboard since osx already eaten it I guess.
So I press "Change keyboard type" in osx pref pane. Nothing happens. Sometimes the button is there and sometimes not. Many reboots.
console.log:
"no unknown keyboard connected - terminating!"
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1620325?tstart=0
So:
sudo rm -f /Library/Preferences/com.apple.keyboardtype.plist
sudo reboot
Then I installed Intellisense FIRST and after that I identified the type with osx pref pane by pressing the key next to left shift. Now the keys are correctly mapped.