My keybaord is acting weird!

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:17 am

All the symbols have moved position since yesterday!

The @ is now where the " used to be and the backslash is nowhere to be found! And I have a £ above the 3 which should be a #

What can I do?

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:35 am

Sounds like you've switched to UK keyboard settings somehow...you need to go to Control Panel > Regional Settings > Languages, and in there you can set the default keyboard layout.

[edit]Found this on another site:

Changing the Windows Language and Input Language (keyboard).

-You may need your original 'Windows install CD' for the following steps.

Windows 97 & Win 2000
1. click 'Start' the 'Settings' then 'Control Panel' option, then 'Regional
Settings' icon.
2. under 'General' tab, ensure that 'Your Locale (location)' is set to
'English(United Kingdom)'.
3. click on the 'Input Locales' tab.
4. under 'Input Language' ensure that 'English(United Kingdom)' is set as the
default.
--If it is not:
---i) click on the 'Add' button - see 'Add Input Locale' dialog.
---ii) drop list and select 'English(United Kingdom)'.
---iii) Win 2000 - drop list of keyboards and choose 'United Kingdom'
---iv) click OK & reboot if asked.

Windows XP 2002
1. click 'Start' then 'Control Panel' then 'Regional Settings' icon (trad
layout).
2. under 'Regional Options' tab and under 'Standards and formats' ensure
'English(United Kingdom)' is selected.
3. click on the 'Language' tab.
4. click on the 'Details' button.
5. ensure that the 'English (United Kingdom) - United Kingdom' option is
selected under the 'Default input language'.
--If it is not available to be selected:
---i) click on the 'Add' button.
---ii) drop the list and select 'English(United Kingdom)'
---iii) drop the IME and choose 'United Kingdom'.
---iv) click OK.

...But substitute "Nederlands" for "English(United Kingdom)", obviously.

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:46 am

Yay!
The pound sign has vanished!

And I got the rest back to normal, thanks very much.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:58 am

No worries

Darth Aux · Post by **Darth Aux** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:00 am

I had the reverse of that problem, no £ above the 3, above the 2 was my @ and above ' was "

I bought a new PC, ok I bought my new pc coz of a virus but I never did get around to sorting it out.

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:01 am

Darth Aux wrote:I had the reverse of that problem, no £ above the 3, above the 2 was my @ and above ' was "

Next time, we'll just swap computers!

Gekigengar · Post by **Gekigengar** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:15 pm

you can always try this... pull out all the keys and place them in alphabetical order.

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:27 pm

Gekigengar wrote:you can always try this... pull out all the keys and place them in alphabetical order.

You mean the alphabet doesnt start with "QWERTY"? No wonder my grades were so bad

Darth Aux · Post by **Darth Aux** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:08 pm

Eline wrote:
Darth Aux wrote:I had the reverse of that problem, no £ above the 3, above the 2 was my @ and above ' was "
Next time, we'll just swap computers!