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    Some keyboard problem..

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Aaro, Nov 27, 2007.

  1. Aaro

    Aaro Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, so I installed Vista on my macbook using bootcamp, updated stuff, used the drivers in the Mac OS X cd, but whenever I try to do question mark, or the other symbols like brackets, it turns out like this : é, ç, ^, à, etc.

    All...french like... I dont know what to do... can anyone help!
     
    Aaro, Nov 27, 2007
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  2. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    try going to regional and language options, keyboards and languages tab and then changing the keyboard layout.
     
    SmoothTofu, Nov 27, 2007
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  3. tokaone

    tokaone Notebook Guru

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    t'inquiete l'ancien... ca va s'arranger! :)
     
    tokaone, Nov 28, 2007
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    could try and just learn french lol
     
    BigfnD17, Nov 28, 2007
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  5. Aaro

    Aaro Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks for the advice, but when I switched from French to English, its still É-ing!! gahhh...
     
    Aaro, Nov 28, 2007
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  6. AuroraS

    AuroraS Notebook Virtuoso

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    Are you using the US keyboard layout? There's no reason it should show those characters if the keyboard layout is set to US.
     
    AuroraS, Nov 28, 2007
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  7. painass

    painass Newbie

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    my friend has a problem with keyboard too,
    it seems the MBP keyboard not responsive or need "more pressure"
    is it normal ?
     
    painass, Dec 2, 2007
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  8. Dustin_D

    Dustin_D Notebook Evangelist

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    painass - there was a similar thread about this recently. Is your friend using Leopard? If so, have him update to 10.5.1, which should fix the problem. If not, then I cannot help you any further.
     
    Dustin_D, Dec 2, 2007
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  9. painass

    painass Newbie

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    no, he still uses Tiger.

    the keyboard is somehow..need more pressure from fingers and must be precisely on the middle of the keyboard button..
    I don't know how to describe it briefly, but he/I can't do fast typing because my finger must right in the center of the button and with more pressure on it.
     
    painass, Dec 2, 2007
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  10. Dustin_D

    Dustin_D Notebook Evangelist

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    painass - Maybe you can call Apple, or go to a genius bar in a local store, and ask for the keyboard to be replaced.
     
    Dustin_D, Dec 2, 2007
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  11. painass

    painass Newbie

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    thanks Dustin
    I forgot the word "guarantee" :D
     
    painass, Dec 2, 2007
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