When i try to type the pound sign on my keyboard this appears instead #. When i try to type #, this appears \ . Quite a few other characters don't correspond either. I've tried Control Panel Regions, made sure its set to English. I can make £ see, by holding down Alt, pressing 0163 on numerical pad, but its a pain. Does anyone know how to make every single character appear as its supposed to.
2006-08-30 08:15:47 · 12 answers · asked by Gray 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
control panel
regional and language (globe icon)
change top address bar to English UK
bottom to English
click 3 rd tab (advanced)
change address bar to English
tick bottom box (apply all setting to the currant user account and to the default user profile)
2006-09-01 11:02:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No Pound Sign On Keyboard
2016-10-21 12:51:17 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Open Control Panel
At the top left of window change view to Classic View
Regional and Language Options
In Regional Options ensure that English (United Kingdom) is selected
Further down that dialog box, where it says Location, click on the drop down menu and select United Kingdom
Click OK and you're there
Close control Panel and get on with using your computer.
2006-08-30 13:14:18 · answer #3 · answered by micksmixxx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
check your regional settings as well - start, settings, control panel, regional and language options. This can sometimes affect what characters show up on your keyboard (even though you would think this would be under the keyboard settings)
2006-08-30 11:53:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey,
can i point out that GAVIN T is absolutely right because i had the same problem and just followed his advice and want to say he is correct.Go to administrator settings and click on regional and language and select english united kingdom. Delete English US by removing it. Have a play around u will get there because i did and it worked yipee.. xx
2006-08-30 08:42:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely the type of keyboard was changed check your device manager and see what it is using
2006-08-30 08:18:20 · answer #6 · answered by daanzig 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i had similar problem after my comp came back from a repair shop. they had installed an american keyboard driver so the keys were in the wrong place. i had to hit " to get a @
might be that
2006-08-30 08:18:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that sounds quite bad the best think you can do is get a new one, it feels better refreshing it, the wireless ones are good.
thats a werid problem happened to me once, but i fixed it by holding shift and then pressing 2.
2006-08-30 08:19:12 · answer #8 · answered by jame_football 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is it set to UK English or US English? That might be why you have the # instead of £.
2006-08-30 08:19:12 · answer #9 · answered by Gavin T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have XP, you can use the on screen keyboard.
start, programs, accessories, accessibility, on screen keyboard.
2006-08-30 08:18:16 · answer #10 · answered by Azam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋