[Iron_Aden]

Okay, i recently had my computer reset completely.. but now, the keyboard is.. well, 'topsy turvy'.. so to speak.

If i press shift and then the key to get the @ sign, it does one of these: " instead. So to get an @ i have to press shift and the '2' key (which should give ") instead.

And also, if i press the key to get the # sign, i get a \ instead, and at the moment, i haven't found out what other button will give me the sign i want.

If i press shift and that key to get a ~ ... instead i get a | .. and to get a ~ i have to press shift and that key underneath escape, with the 3 different small signs on.

...there are loads of these things.. its all messed up.. and it does it one my mothers Laptop too.

Any idea how i can sort this?
Cheers, Aden

[Hybr!d]

It's because your keyboard is set to USA not UK.

Can you see a EN button on your task bar next to your system tray icons on the bottom right of your screen?

[Iron_Aden]

Originally Posted by Dave Hybrid

It's because your keyboard is set to USA not UK.

Can you see a EN button on your task bar next to your system tray icons on the bottom right of your screen?

Aah ok, that explains a lot.

And no i can't see an EN button:(

[Hybr!d]

If you are running Windows XP go into start/settings/control panel.

Then click (or double click) Regional and Language options icon.

Change all options to English (United Kingdom).

[Iron_Aden]

Originally Posted by Dave Hybrid

If you are running Windows XP go into start/settings/control panel.

Then click (or double click) Regional and Language options icon.

Change all options to English (United Kingdom).

Aha, thanks a lot. I did that but it didn't do anything, but the EN button appeared so i changed that to UK aswel and that did it.

Thanks again.
Aden

[Hybr!d]

Yeah, that's what is meant to happen.

Glad it's sorted.

Dave.

[cheesewheels99]

ya when i was reading it i was like wat the hech the 2 key is 4 the @ sign but ya thts wi dave

[buzzwire]

Originally Posted by Iron_Aden

If i press shift and then the key to get the @ sign, it does one of these: " instead. So to get an @ i have to press shift and the '2' key (which should give ") instead.

And also, if i press the key to get the # sign, i get a \ instead, and at the moment, i haven't found out what other button will give me the sign i want.

If i press shift and that key to get a ~ ... instead i get a | .. and to get a ~ i have to press shift and that key underneath escape, with the 3 different small signs on.

mine does the same thing but im on vista on a desktop pc

[buzzwire]

oh
i tried the xp thing that was explained before and it worked

[vj00]

plz help me
my keyboard keys on my laptop are messed like if press sshift+2 it shows " there are many keys like this i checked my keyboard is uk english(default) i have windos vista