when i press certain letters they show up as numbers?

Question

i have a windows XP media center 2005 gateway laptop. A few days ago on a certain account(i have 2) i tried to type in my password and it did not work. I removed the password using the other account(it did not have a password) Then went back tot he first account. It showed up when i typed letters "I" through "P" they show up as symbols or numbers. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!! My 2nd account works fine. if that problem is unfixable, how to i transfer foders to my other account. ThX

Answer 1

Look at your keyboard.
You will see that I,O,P,J,K,L have small numbers printed on the key as well as the letter.
This is because it can be your numeric keypad if you turn on 'Number Lock'.
Turn off number lock and all should be OK.

Answer 2

To change an account password:
1) While logged onto the computer to an account that has administrative rights, click on Start>Run>and type in CMD.
2) Type in net user then the name of the account then * and press enter. heres an example: net user administrator * or net user "Joe Smith" * . Put the name in quotes if it contains spaces.
3) From there it should ask for a new password.

Answer 3

sounds like the keypad function is enabled. (turns a number of the alpha keys into numbers) in basic terms want to locate the most important blend that turns it decrease go into reverse. in a lot of situations that is FN + another key and is indicated by technique of a label on the keyboard somehwere.

Answer 4

Turn OFF numlock!!!

DOH!!!!


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Answer 5

your num lock is on you can try pushing the numlock key or the numlock and the fn key one of those should solve your problem