I'm having trouble with our other PC, in that the @ will not type from it's designated key, but will do so using the number 2 key with the caps shift.
The @ key produces a " instead.
We tried this keyboard and got the same result.
Any ideas??
Keyboard errors............can you help?
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Hi Jake,
It is set to US format keyboard. That is set in the Control Panel. The @ key will produce a " for you until you change the setting. These two keys swap locations between a UK and US layout keyboard, plus a few others. Try typing £ an you should get #.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:KB_U ... ingdom.svg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:KB_United_States.svg
All the best,
AndrewP
It is set to US format keyboard. That is set in the Control Panel. The @ key will produce a " for you until you change the setting. These two keys swap locations between a UK and US layout keyboard, plus a few others. Try typing £ an you should get #.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:KB_U ... ingdom.svg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:KB_United_States.svg
All the best,
AndrewP
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Hi Jake,
You need to set your Regional and Language settings in Control Panel.
Click Start, Select Control Panel
Select Regional and Language
Select Languages tab
Click Details button
Set the Default Input to English United Kingdom
In the Installed Services window just below this Select United Kingdom and also Keyboard - United Kingdom
That should fix it.
You need to set your Regional and Language settings in Control Panel.
Click Start, Select Control Panel
Select Regional and Language
Select Languages tab
Click Details button
Set the Default Input to English United Kingdom
In the Installed Services window just below this Select United Kingdom and also Keyboard - United Kingdom
That should fix it.
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McDonald or MacDonald (some couldn't make up their mind!), Bonner, Crichton, McKillop, Campbell, Cameron, Gitrig (+other spellings), Clark, Sloan, Stewart, McCutcheon, Ireland (the surname)
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Jake Drummond
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Thanks for that Andrew, I don't know what I'd do without you lot!!
I tried changing the language as you suggested but my Windows ME 2000 disc seems to have a fault as the file would not load.
The PC is running ME 2000 as it's a bit too old and slow to take anything better, and is just used for a backup and to allow my wife Internet access while I'm doing the tree research.
I'll see if I can borrow a disc which allows the file to transfer and have another go.
We had the PC re-tuned by the local PC shop just a week or two back, and they used my ME 2000 disc to reload the system so it should have been OK as it worked fine before.
I tried changing the language as you suggested but my Windows ME 2000 disc seems to have a fault as the file would not load.
The PC is running ME 2000 as it's a bit too old and slow to take anything better, and is just used for a backup and to allow my wife Internet access while I'm doing the tree research.
I'll see if I can borrow a disc which allows the file to transfer and have another go.
We had the PC re-tuned by the local PC shop just a week or two back, and they used my ME 2000 disc to reload the system so it should have been OK as it worked fine before.