Laptop keyboard problem

sabelu

Rebooted laptop and cant now get @ symbol to work on keyboard, operating system Vista, what can I do?

evilgoose

Have you got num lock on?

sabelu

Nothing to do with number lock more about language

shadowdragon

Ok you might have the US keyboard layout activated, Easiest way to tell is hit Shift and 2 if you get the @ symbol its US layout if its a " its not.

To change the layout you do the following.

1. Open Regional and Language options in Control Panel.
2. On the Languages tab, under Text services and input languages, click Details.
3. Under Installed services, click Add.
4. In the Input language list, click the language for the Keyboard Layout

Hope that helps.

sabelu

shadowdragon wrote: »

Ok you might have the US keyboard layout activated, Easiest way to tell is hit Shift and 2 if you get the @ symbol its US layout if its a " its not.

To change the layout you do the following.

1. Open Regional and Language options in Control Panel.
2. On the Languages tab, under Text services and input languages, click Details.
3. Under Installed services, click Add.
4. In the Input language list, click the language for the Keyboard Layout

Hope that helps.

Sorry but this appears not as straightforward with Vista

totalsolutions

Control Panel/Clock, Language and Region/Regional and Language Options/Change the counrty or region
straightforward with Vista

shadowdragon

sabelu wrote: »

Sorry but this appears not as straightforward with Vista

haaa vista, open the help and in the search box type "keyboard layout" and it will tell you where it is.

sabelu

Sorted thanks everyone