lost my pound sign on keyboard

goldilocks

can anyone help me find my pound sign on the keyboard. i've checked all the keys and its just gone. the sign above the number 3 is now # and where that sign is now comes up as \. that sign comes up as \. wierd or what. anyway any help will be very much appreciated.

shrek101

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http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=60203

Jay-Jay_4

goldilocks wrote:

can anyone help me find my pound sign on the keyboard. i've checked all the keys and its just gone. the sign above the number 3 is now # and where that sign is now comes up as \. that sign comes up as \. wierd or what. anyway any help will be very much appreciated.

Is your computer set to American? In the control panel you can change it from American to English and you should get your £ back.

Sorry I can't be more specific but a techie will be along shortly to help you.

pennies2pounds_3

go to the control panel and keyboards and mouse settings . change from american to british keyboard HTH.

Anya

I had thi9s problem and someone on here answered it for me (sorry I can't remember who!). My keyboard is on the English setting and I still couldn't get the pound sign. I now hold down "alt" while I type in the numbers 156 on the number pad at the right hand side. That is the only way I can get a £ sign! Hope that helps.

shrek101

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/honeycutt_03april28.mspx

The problem is even when you install xp with english keyboard, the bloddy misrcosoft insist that good old UsA is at the default you have to select English and remove teh amercian one.

goldilocks

thanks to everyone for their help. mine is set to english and the only way i can now get the £ sign is by doing what anya suggested, namely pressing alt and pressing 156. so another problem solved by the brilliant moneysaving expert readers. £ £ £ £ whee

lemontree

Anya wrote:

I had thi9s problem and someone on here answered it for me (sorry I can't remember who!). My keyboard is on the English setting and I still couldn't get the pound sign. I now hold down "alt" while I type in the numbers 156 on the number pad at the right hand side. That is the only way I can get a £ sign! Hope that helps.

So Simple and yet so effective!!!!
Brilliant Anya.

Anya

Glad it helped..but credit goes to someone on this forum who told me!!!