Where has my pound sign gone?

lauren_1

The button for my pound sign comes up with @
The button for the where the @ sign should be comes up with "
the button where " should be come up with #
the sign where # should be come up with |
and i dont even know where that one should be?

any ideas?

iviv

Sounds like you accidently switched your keyboard into American Mode. Go into the control panel, Regional and Language settings, then have a poke around in there. Look for places it says English (US) and change them to English (UK).

(Also you get the | by shift+\ )

II_D2_II

control panel
regional and language (globe icon)
change top address bar to English UK
bottom to English
click 3 rd tab (advanced)
change address bar to English
tick bottom box (apply all setting to the currant user account and to the default user profile)
hope this helps

Leopard

Check, too, that the dictionary and spelling checker haven't reverted to American as well. You may need to reset them to proper English.

lauren_1

Still no luck

iviv

Really? Does it say English (UK) everywhere then?

Is it the same in IE/Firefox/Word/Notepad? Then we can narrow it down to if its a setting in one particular program or if its a system wide problem.

JDMYOFAN

restart the PC

you have changed it to a US layout

took me ages to figure it out, when pressing m it became a comma, which because an ', etcetc

are your Q's and A's reversed?

lauren_1

£ £££££££££ £££££
Yippppppppeeeeeeeeeee
I cant even begin to say how fustrating it is posting on here without a £ sign, its like having no @ or ?

Not important until you really need it.

Many thanks (i needed to restart)

M4RKM

odd.. american keyboards @ sign is on the 2 key, not the 3, which is where a £ is.... glad you got it sorted, i do it in the office as a practical joke on a regular basis!....

Leopard

Markymoo,

Lauren may have, inadvertently, been in a language other than American.


PS. The really mean thing to do is to switch it to an Arabic or Oriental language. Then the user, even if aware of what's happened, can't read the menus necessary to switch it back again...:D

MothballsWallet

Russian might be even worse than Arabic, except I can always get Mrs MbW to help me as she is Russian.