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My current laptop is an HP pavilion g6, windows 7 64 bit.
I had many Pcs before, I used the English keyboard on all of them. If i want to type é for example, I would type ALT-130. On my current laptop the ALT functionality doesn't exist, i tried messing around in the control panel but couldn't fix it.
EDIT
You could just use the Character Map program, built into Windows. It lists all characters for each font installed on the system, and lets you select one and copy it to the clipboard. In fact, I use it to reference all the keycodes to type them, otherwise, but when I'm on my laptop, it's handy just to be able to copy the characters from that program.
It's available in the Accessories start group, or by running charmap.exe.
You can copy U+200B like so:
Yes, the keys will work the same, provided the physical layout (i.e. number and placement of keys) is the same between your german QWERTZ and english/greek QWERTY keyboard.
For my localized danish keyboard, there is the same number and placement of keys, so I can use a US keyboard layout with no problems on my physical DK (danish) keyboard.
Best Answer
A small utility, called keyxpat, could help you. You just type the E key and keep it pressed until a metronome gives you some beeps (a few milliseconds). Depending when you release it, you get your é, è or ê. Same for all diacritics.
Disclaimer: I'm the author and I use it in the same situation. I'm a french expat in Montreal with a qwerty keyboard.