ive got an acer aspire 3000 laptop, the 'at' key is now my number 2 key and some of the other symbols have moved and i cant find them! and the volume wont work ive tried control panel but it wont let me do anything can anyone help
2007-01-28 09:43:24 · 15 answers · asked by looby 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
the settings are set to uk still cant find the pond sign and the at and " are in wrong place still!! ive tried fn and up arrow for volume and doesnt work :(
2007-01-28 10:11:23 · update #1
You've got to change your regional settings on your keyboard, go to control panel, regional and language options and make sure that the first drop down menu says English (United Kingdom) that'll put your keys back to where they should be.
2007-01-28 09:54:32 · answer #1 · answered by thecoldvoiceofreason 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Lol, I see. Dont worry. There are many ways this can happen. I will tell you one of the ways. A new keyboard layout may have been installed and configured. As im aware of, you cannot change your keyboard layout in control panel which means it must have been done by a ms-dos or a standalone. Is this laptop new? If so, when windows was installed on it, you had the option to choose a keyboard layout, that must be set to the correct layout in which country the laptop was purchased in. So, im not sure you can sort this. Try system restore ; start, all programs, accessories, system tools then system restore. Restore back to a day when your keyboard was working fine. You will not lose any files when restoring but you may lose programs which were installed from the restore time. Have a go at restoring, that should do the trick :D
Good luck"!
DolceVita : You have the U.S Keyboard installed. You cannot change it as im aware of meaning you will have to reinstall windows xp. When installing xp it has a option where you can change keyboard layout. Its usally set to U.S which swaps all the keys round and gets rid of the pound sign!!! Im guessing that you downloaded an un-genuine version of xp or you have had an un-genuine version installed. If you have always had this problem since you got it, then the dealer probably installed illegal xp and didnt change keyboard layout or they didnt change the layout anyway! You could just go, control panel, reginal and language options and make sure everything is united kingdom, if you cant set uk then install the uk packs :D
Alot to read but i hope it helps!!!!!!!
Good luck
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2007-01-28 09:52:29 · answer #2 · answered by David 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
HOPE YOU HAVEN'T GOT A VIRUS... I am on my acer 3662 laptop, go to control panel, double click regional and language options..change to ENGLISH (UK)..job done...as for your volume,hold down the Fn key with one digit press volume key (on the right hand side..up arrow) with another digit ..volume should rise..job done. GOOD LUCK.
2007-01-28 10:03:54 · answer #3 · answered by Shaggy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have the same problem. i am on my husbands laptop and the inverted commas (") and "at" symbol (@) have switched places. The pound sign has completely disappeared. I think it happened after the laptop caught a serious virus and had to be fixed professionally. I hope you get an answer cos I need to have a pound sign!!
2007-01-28 09:50:01 · answer #4 · answered by Chimera's Song 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably have a virus, get your virus checker up to date and do a scan, then check that your keyboard has not been set to another country ie English (US) instead of UK...
Good luck!
2007-01-28 09:52:22 · answer #5 · answered by essdee 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-01-28 09:45:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-03 04:07:21 · answer #7 · answered by lesniewski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont you just love computers! things like this happen. ok i need for you to contact your manufacturer and tell them the problem, they can assist you. and you can bring your volume high, click on the notification area. or right---click, or dounle--click it. and bring it as much high as you can, if that dont work, search over the internet sweety ok? i wanna help, and find out whats wrong
2007-01-28 09:49:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-01-28 12:31:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
uve probably put it onto American settings by mistake that should be easy to reapair but I dont know how to do that so just ask a computer geek lol :-)
2007-01-28 09:47:26 · answer #10 · answered by rover45662001 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋