The keyboard on my mothers laptop for her work has all the letters on it, however on 'I' for example, there is a little white square in the bottom right corner with the number '4' in it. On 'O', there is a little '5' on it. Now, whenever I type I or O 4 or 5 is typed instead! On the zero key, there is the little star (*) on the bottom right corner of the key. Whenever 0 is typed, the star appears instead. What is happening? What do I do?!
2007-04-07 04:31:35 · 3 answers · asked by Emily 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
I know it's not some glitch or anything broke because otherwise the little squares on the keys with the number on it would not be there.
2007-04-07 04:38:32 · update #1
You probably have numlock activated. Search for the numlock key and click on it to deactivate.
If that doesn't work try shift + numlock or fn (function)+ numlock
Good luck! I bet that's really frustrating !
2007-04-07 04:45:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anna May Noon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that if you hold down the shift key as you type, I or O will appear instead of 4 or 5
2007-04-07 04:40:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
these are the keys used to simulate the numeric keypad on a desktop machine. one of the function keys will switch between letter & number mode
2007-04-07 04:41:07 · answer #3 · answered by Josie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋