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    dv5 jumps to French. How do I get English back ?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by elmerfud, Jan 17, 2009.

  1. elmerfud

    elmerfud Notebook Consultant

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    My girlfriend has an HP dv5-1033ca.

    It works fine but every now and then when she is using it the character set jumps to French and we can't figure out how to get English back. Any ideas ?

    The last time it happened, she was browsing Yahoo using Explorer. She accidentally hits a key (easy thing to do on that keyboard) and wala, its in French. Then she has no option but to reboot. When she logs back in, its back in English.

    Any ideas what is causing this ?

    Thanks
     
    elmerfud, Jan 17, 2009
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  2. Clutch

    Clutch cute and cuddly boys

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    Is the whole system in French or is it just Yahoo Explorer?
     
    Clutch, Jan 17, 2009
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  3. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Toggle Shift+Ctrl or Ctrl+Shift to enable/disable French characters.
     
    Bog, Jan 17, 2009
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  4. elmerfud

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    The whole system went French.

    The ctrl-shift sequence toggles it. On the dv5, the shift and ctrl buttons are one on top of each other on the left side of the keyboard. Is there any way to disable this key sequence or totally disable French entirely ?

    Thanks
     
    elmerfud, Jan 17, 2009
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