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    Keyboard, spitting out wierd characters

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by BigJerm, Aug 24, 2007.

  1. BigJerm

    BigJerm Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sometimes, when I hit the Question Mark key, or a couple of others wierd characters are spewed out instead of the actually character on the key. I know there is a button I obviously keep hitting, and I would like to know what button I am hitting. Thanks.
     
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    Probably should have given some examples. My question mark key produces a accented E. When I try to use the @ it gives me ", stuff like that.
     
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    Check that the keyboard selected in the regional settings is consistent with your actual keyboard.

    John
     
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    Where would I find that? Because, I have already checked the "Keyboard" section in the control panel, and it wasn't there. Thanks.
     
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    I found it, and I changed it to United States English, even though I live in Canada. I think the Accented E was showing up for French users or something. I could be completely wrong though.
     
    BigJerm, Aug 24, 2007
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