How to make special French keyboard characters work in MS RDC? I'm on a Macbook Pro with a French Keyboard. Keyboard layout works fine when connecting to Windows XP Professional but I cannot get certain keys to work:

For example $, &amp;, é, § and @ etc. work fine.  


Forward slash / using &#x21E7; + : works.
Backslash \ using &#x2325; + &#x21E7; + : does not work.
Pipe | using &#x2325; + &#x21E7; + L does not work. 


Is there any configuration that I can do to make my keyboard work?

I've had this issue on my Windows VM in Virtual Box but fixed it with a custom keyboard layout. However when connecting to servers and workstations over the network this is not a solution since I can not configure each machine I need to connect to.

Under preferences, if I disable the Alt key it still does not work and on-top of that working without an Alt Key in Windows is no fun.
In windows symbols can be inserted by pressing Shift + relevant number key to insert symbol.

When using a macbook on Microsoft Remote Desktop connection, you are required to Hold down Cmd + Shift + Number Key.  

This is the hidden option for inserting symbols into Windows machines over Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection.