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Keyboard settings coming up wrong??

ceebeeby
ceebeeby Posts: 4,357 Forumite
Part of the Furniture
Arghh, can anyone help a complete techie novice!!

We've got a new laptop, and when you press the number 2 with Shift, it's coming up with the @. And when we press @, it's coming up with ". And the number 3 and shift, instead of being the £ is the #.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks for any advice

Ceebsx

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  • Tia_Maria06
    Tia_Maria06 Posts: 777 Forumite
    is it set up for american??
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  • sfry
    sfry Posts: 117 Forumite
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    Go into the control panel then into Regional & Language options. Change the keyboard setting to English. That should fix it.
  • ceebeeby
    ceebeeby Posts: 4,357 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Have tried the Control Panel - it's set to English (UK) ....?
  • FireFox
    FireFox Posts: 150 Forumite
    On the Language tab?
    You need to go -
    Control Panel > Regional & Language > Languages tab > Text services Details button > then select or add the English UK keyboard
  • ceebeeby
    ceebeeby Posts: 4,357 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Fixed it!!

    Thanks for help - I googled it and apparantly the Samsung NC10 is notorious for this - it comes with the num lock on which needs turned off from the on-screen keyboard!!

    Thanks so much for coming back to me!
  • crampo_2
    crampo_2 Posts: 428 Forumite
    ceebeeby wrote: »
    it comes with the num lock on which needs turned off from the on-screen keyboard

    Why Can't You Just Turn It Off using the "Num Lock" Key on the normal keypad?
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    Peter: And this one? Lois: Montana. Peter: Ah... oh, hey Lois did you know Evil Knievel was born in Montana? Family Guy - I Take Thee, Quagmire 04x21
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