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Strange Computer Keyboard Functions.


Question Posted Wednesday November 9 2011, 10:01 pm

I have a new laptop operating on Windows 7 from Toshiba. My problem is the keyboard. There`s something about it that`s different than I have encountered before.

The best example that will explain this is that my number 2 key has the symbol for AT.COM that you`d see in an e-mail address. Instead of just the at sign I`ve got quotation marks and one other symbol. It`s like that on 90% of the number keys when you would hit shift.

What can I do to be sure I get it to make the right symbols when I hit shift. I can`t put a bloody at sign to sign into e-mails even. If you know what I need to do to get the right symbols that would be appreciated.


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Additional info, added Wednesday November 9 2011, 10:29 pm:
My question mark key has a question mark in blue a blue slash and a giant red E. I can`t make a question mark either because I don`t know what to hold down as shift gives me something else. I prefer my mac keyboard to this..

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Pook answered Monday November 28 2011, 3:18 am:
You probably need to change your keyboard settings to US. Go to Start > Control Panel > Region & Language > Keyboards and Languages > Change keyboards > General > Add > English (United States) etc.

You can see keyboard layouts for different regions on wikipedia [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)

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