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    PC thinks IBM keyboard is a standard US one

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Ever.monk, May 28, 2008.

  1. Ever.monk

    Ever.monk Notebook Consultant

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    Ive recently acquired a T60 and ive been loving it quite a bit. One thing that has been bugging me is that the keyboard isnt recognized as an IBM Thinkpad keyboard (shift+2= ") but recoginizes it as a standard US 102key keyboard (shift+2 = @ ).

    Ive tried all the different language settings but none of those give the correct configuration. I recently clean installed windows and installed all the needed software (hotkey driver, etc) but still have the same problem. Is there some standard solution for this problem?
     
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    MYK Newbie NBR Reviewer

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    Try UK as the language setting and reboot.
     
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    MYK Newbie NBR Reviewer

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    And please tell me that you've formatted just because of this problem, I want to know that they are people out there like me :p
     
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    Ever.monk Notebook Consultant

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    Tried that and it fixed the number 2 problem, but it doesnt fix the other symbols, such as the [ ] keys and pretty much the entire keyboard is still a problem. I dont need US or UK keyboard layout, but an IBM setting!
     
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    Problem is solved. The entire time I though that IBM had a unique key layout, but it ended up that i just had a dutch keyboard. Im now going to look for a US replacement...
     
    Ever.monk, May 30, 2008
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