@ and " have changed places. How to swap back? I have tried regional settings in the control panel and it makes no difference, even on a restart. Any other ideas?
2006-11-15 22:52:57 · 9 answers · asked by Tony T 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
It is the regional settings!
(TOGGLE BETWEEN THE KEYBOARD INPUT LANGUAGES - PRESS LEFT ALT + SHIFT KEY)
Go to Regional and Language Options > Languages > Details
This will give you the > Default Input Language
Select English (United Kingdom) from the list.
You may already have in this section two or more input languages selected, ie, English UK and US.
To switch (toggle) between the two input languages select > Key Settings and check the Key Sequence to use for switching keyboard input languages. It is probably the Left Alt + Shift key, check what it is and then press that key combination and try your keyboard again.
ie. Pressing the Left Alt key and shift key together toggles between US and UK keyboards, Problem Solved.
2006-11-15 23:28:52 · answer #1 · answered by Vegon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By default Windows XP likes to configure all regional and language settings to suit the American user. You need to tell the system to use UK settings by default
Usually you can do so from the regional settings and/or the keyboard control panel applet. You can also get access to this setting if you have any MS office product on your PC. Look on the task bar (near the clock) for a blue icon with the letters "EN" in it. Right click and choose settings. You should see all the options in there to resolve the key issue.
Hope that helps :)
2006-11-16 00:05:19 · answer #2 · answered by AndyTechGuy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe if you go to your Start menu, Control Panel, "LANGUAGE SETTINGS" there is an Option to change the keyboard setting. If you have XP, its under Control Panel, "DATE, TIME, REGIONAL AND LANGUAGE SETTINGS", then into "REGIONAL AND LANGUAGE SETTINGS"
Click on the "Language" tab.
The on "Settings" tab
In the list will be "Keyboard" and it will say what country it is set for.
In USA, Australia etc the @ symbol is found on the number 2...
In UK, it is found next to the colon/semicolon key
I am pretty sure you can change which setup you have!
The UK system is different to accommodate the £ symbol
Good luck
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2016-12-10 10:05:03 · answer #4 · answered by vannostrand 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you change the keyboard to some other language.
Change it back to American Keyboard should solve the issue
2006-11-15 22:54:43 · answer #5 · answered by Kunkhmer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whwen you first installed your operating system (Windows XP probally) you selected the wrong keyboard setting. I have done this once, however i'm not sure how to change it without having to reinstall windows
2006-11-16 00:01:02 · answer #6 · answered by mitch_foulish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try changing from english to american or the other way around in the language selection!
2006-11-15 22:56:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
change your keyboard language from American to English or vice versa.
2006-11-15 23:05:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
perhaps the font you are using is a bit weird.....
just an idea
2006-11-15 22:54:32 · answer #9 · answered by Ruthie Baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋