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    Cant type a comma or slash mark

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by voltaire, Jan 20, 2009.

  1. voltaire

    voltaire Notebook Consultant

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    This is driving me crazy and I dont know if its software related, hardware related or whether the OS has something to do with it. I have a dell studio 15 running 32 bit Vista home premium. When ever I try to type a slash or question mark I get this é. Same thing happens when I type an apostrophe è. I dont even know what the symbol is called beside the number 1 but when I type it I get this / . This problem happened before but went away after I shutdown and rebooted but I would like to get to the root of the problem. Any help would be appreciated and if theres a mod reading this I wasnt sure of which forum to post this in, thought Id rule out a software problam 1rst.
     
    voltaire, Jan 20, 2009
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    stewie What the deuce?

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    stewie, Jan 20, 2009
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    voltaire Notebook Consultant

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    Ill look it over but Ive discovered that I can type an email correctly, only happens when using firefox and filling in forums. Ièll try using ie tomorrow to post and see if theres a difference.
     
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    just looked at my regional and language settings and they are correct.
     
    voltaire, Jan 20, 2009
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    stewie What the deuce?

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    With no other language such as French installed?
     
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    stewie What the deuce?

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    keyboard types french characters in Firefox

     
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    Thanks, worked like a charm
     
    voltaire, Jan 20, 2009
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