some of the letters on my laptops key pad are typing out numbers instead. how can i fix this problem?

Question

i turned my laptop on to find that as i'm typing letters, they appear as numbers on the screen. how can this be fixed? the laptop is a gateway and it runs on windows xp. please help.

for example, the letter "I" types out the number "5"
the letter "K" types out the number "3"
the letter "L" types out the number "2", etc.

Answer 1

Turn off Num Lock

On my Gateway laptop, you toggle this setting with Fn+scroll

Answer 2

You probably have a 'function' key on your keyboard. (it's a different color). what probably happened is that you hit that and a number key (across the top) and it made some of the letter keys act like numbers. Look closely at the keys, I'll bet that there's a letter (in one color) and a number (in a different color)

It's a toggle key - which means that if you hit function and the number key (across the top) that turned ON the keys, hitting it again will turn it off.

Answer 3

You have to turn off "num lock" Not sure how to do it on your particual laptop. check documentation.

Its usualy a combination of 2 keys.

Answer 4

You number locks are probably on. Turn them off.

Answer 5

It's either the scroll lock or num lock.

Answer 6

click on start go to all progams>accessories>system tools>character map them change the settings