Ok, so I have somehow managed to change my keyboard settings. It now thinks I have an American stylie keyboard, when in fact I have a British layout. This is very, very annoying as I can no longer type a British 'pound' sign, and the @ button can be reached through 'shift' and '2'! Please, ANYONE, can you help?
P.S I have tried the control panel thingy and also the F1/F2 at the start-up, to no avail!
2006-07-09 09:42:44 · 10 answers · asked by sososweet 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
please note ^^^ been there, done that mate!
2006-07-09 09:48:22 · update #1
You will have to move to America mate
2006-07-09 14:11:16 · answer #1 · answered by johnman142 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ice princess beat me to it! she has given you the best most concise answer on how to fix the problem in a windows based operating system. good luck.
once you have added the UK style keyboard remeber to set it to default all from the same section that ice princess told you about. now don not remove the us keyboard layout and settings as some programs and websites require this to be available (if i'm remebering correctly, no need to correct me if it turns out i'm wrong) in order to work efficiently even though you are not using the us settings.
2006-07-09 14:04:59 · answer #2 · answered by thebestnamesarealreadytaken0909 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to control panel > option regional options > click on languages > then click on the details button. In the top drop down arrow list select your keyboard layout.
2006-07-09 09:48:24 · answer #3 · answered by IcePrincess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, to fix.
Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options. Then change the first drop downbox to English (United Kingdom). You'll need to reset your computer and all will be well.. :)
2006-07-09 09:57:41 · answer #4 · answered by Darren T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so you went into the BIOS? and made sure of the keyboard.
you went into CP and set region?
you didn't specify, but i'll assume Windows XP?
Control panel regional
languages details
default input language
and make sure the keyboard matches.
2006-07-09 09:59:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
please try and go to the mouse settings and click on the mouse type that it is whether a 2 button or scroll mouse or a regular mouse oreven better try removing or reinstalling the mouse completely @ yes you must go into thecontrol pannel and find the mouse settings
or try reinstalling the mouse by removing the mouse software completely from your computer , in order to do this you must have the diskette or the cd that it came with
2006-07-09 09:54:50 · answer #6 · answered by plrs9 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to keyboardunder control panel add a uk keyboard and remove the usa one
2006-07-09 09:47:23 · answer #7 · answered by Kalahari_Surfer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to follow Ice princess method but remove the american keyboard as well it requires a reboot to remove it as it says it is in use
2006-07-09 18:24:09 · answer #8 · answered by bbh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
change the language to british english,
2006-07-09 10:07:23 · answer #9 · answered by marishka 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could a system restore resolve this? just a suggestion i'm no computer wizard!!
2006-07-09 09:49:16 · answer #10 · answered by kirkswahpedal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋