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Old 22nd Jul 2007, 13:08
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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
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Old 22nd Jul 2007, 13:16
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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?
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Old 22nd Jul 2007, 13:21
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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:(
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Old 22nd Jul 2007, 13:25
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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).
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Old 22nd Jul 2007, 13:35
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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
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Old 22nd Jul 2007, 13:54
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Yeah, that's what is meant to happen.

Glad it's sorted.

Dave.
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Old 2nd Jan 2008, 19:05
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ya when i was reading it i was like wat the hech the 2 key is 4 the @ sign but ya thts wi dave
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Old 4th Sep 2009, 02:11
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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
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Old 4th Sep 2009, 03:06
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oh
i tried the xp thing that was explained before and it worked
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Old 12th Sep 2009, 02:36
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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
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