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alienfinder
23 Oct 2005, 02:58 AM
My keyboard is acting weird when i try to put a @ it puts a ".I made sure the region is set correctly but its stillacting weird.
LT. Columbo
23 Oct 2005, 03:36 AM
try a re-start first.
tigerman8u
23 Oct 2005, 04:18 AM
if the "Num Lock" key is on try it with it off. For some reason my keyboard sometimes acts up with the "Num Lock" key on.
nwg
23 Oct 2005, 04:27 AM
Have you got the correct keyboard layout?

It sounds like you have a US keyboard and got UK layout.
alienfinder
23 Oct 2005, 05:26 PM
Have you got the correct keyboard layout?

It sounds like you have a US keyboard and got UK layout.No, its set to UK.


@Columbo. I tryed restarting.
anonymez
23 Oct 2005, 05:53 PM
how long has this been happening?

it could very well be time for a new keyboard, or maybe even a virus, especially if its only the '@' key this happens with (it seems like something of a 'practical joke' of a virus if this is the case)...
alienfinder
23 Oct 2005, 05:58 PM
how long has this been happening?

it could very well be time for a new keyboard, or maybe even a virus, especially if its only the '@' key this happens with (it seems like something of a 'practical joke' of a virus if this is the case)...This happens with all my keyboards I Bought a new one and it has the exact same problem as my old one.I scanned for viruses, I have none.
Chewy
23 Oct 2005, 07:09 PM
Does your typing ever seem delayed, even a little?
alienfinder
23 Oct 2005, 07:29 PM
Does your typing ever seem delayed, even a little?No
Chewy
23 Oct 2005, 07:49 PM
Since you obviously use P2P, I would suspect a stealthy virus/trojan/malware.
I scan from safe mode using fully updated norton's, spybot AND trojanhunter.
It's a royal pain and a lenghty process. And I just found out that windows can hide values in the registry, GREAT!
Nowdays you can get infected with a keylogger just by going to the wrong
webpage and saying yes, not no. It starts as a trojandownloader, then
builds from there.
anonymez
23 Oct 2005, 07:54 PM
as i asked in my previous post, how long has this been happening? maybe you coujld try a 'system restore' if its recent?

and you probably have already done so, but check for spyware/adware

i'm not sure whether you have a firewall installed. get one if you don't already have one. (the windows xp sp2 firewall does not count, and should not be taken seriously. i could probably write a better one in a few minutes :P ).
alienfinder
23 Oct 2005, 08:03 PM
I don't think its a trojan or anything because it was like this when I first installed windows.
Chewy
23 Oct 2005, 10:08 PM
If you did a clean install of windows, not a repair disk?
Booted to cd, or reinstalled from hard drive(hidden partition).
I have had installs of windows glitch and had to redo them.
alienfinder
24 Oct 2005, 04:57 AM
If you did a clean install of windows, not a repair disk?
Booted to cd, or reinstalled from hard drive(hidden partition).
I have had installs of windows glitch and had to redo them.I done a clean install, the keyboards still being a bitch.
anonymez
24 Oct 2005, 08:12 AM
could very well be a hardware problem, possibly the motherboard...

check for bios updates
Chewy
24 Oct 2005, 11:47 AM
Also is it a ps2 or usb keyboard? Whichever try to borrow the other kind and try it on your mobo! Might isolate the problem/hardware/software wise.
jmet
24 Oct 2005, 02:32 PM
Perhaps this thread could be of some assistance: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~johns/kbukint.html

(I don't know cause I have never used a UK keyboard. lol :D )
Chewy
24 Oct 2005, 06:27 PM
We seem to have gotten completely away from anything
remorely connected to Digital Video, but that DEPENDS,
I always though I had an english keyboard, but then
I find out it's an american?
alienfinder
24 Oct 2005, 06:41 PM
Also is it a ps2 or usb keyboard? Whichever try to borrow the other kind and try it on your mobo! Might isolate the problem/hardware/software wise.its a ps2 keyboard.i don't wanna buy another keyboard.
Chewy
24 Oct 2005, 07:04 PM
its a ps2 keyboard.i don't wanna buy another keyboard.

as I said before try to borrow a usb one, what if the problem is in
your ps2 keyboard port on the motherboard?
alienfinder
24 Oct 2005, 07:32 PM
as I said before try to borrow a usb one, what if the problem is in
your ps2 keyboard port on the motherboard?Ok i borrowed a usb keyboard and it has the same problem,how do i check if its a problem with the motherboard port?
anonymez
24 Oct 2005, 07:37 PM
its not the motherboard port causing the problem, as both usb/ps2 do the same thing. looks like a software/config problem now. i'm still thinking its a setting in windows...
alienfinder
25 Oct 2005, 08:33 PM
its not the motherboard port causing the problem, as both usb/ps2 do the same thing. looks like a software/config problem now. i'm still thinking its a setting in windows...So what am i gonna do?
Chewy
25 Oct 2005, 10:11 PM
First I would try going into device manager and uninstalling it then rebooting,
what's your OS? How long has it been up and running?
alienfinder
26 Oct 2005, 06:38 AM
First I would try going into device manager and uninstalling it then rebooting,
what's your OS? How long has it been up and running?Ok I uinstalled it and rebboted, still has problems,I have XP pro It's been up and running for 3 or 4 months.
jm1647
26 Oct 2005, 09:36 AM
Follow the instructions here (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/honeycutt_03april28.mspx) and check your keyboard layout. My keyboard shows English US and has the Dvorak layout and shift 2 is @. There are also Dvorak left hand and Dvorak left hand
alienfinder
26 Oct 2005, 06:50 PM
Follow the instructions here (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/honeycutt_03april28.mspx) and check your keyboard layout. My keyboard shows English US and has the Dvorak layout and shift 2 is @. There are also Dvorak left hand and Dvorak left handI checked the link and followed instructions and it now works.thanks very much:happy: :happy: :happy:
jm1647
27 Oct 2005, 02:59 AM
@alienfinder - Your Welcome - I'm glad it worked out and ya got rid of the gremlin :jump:
nwg
27 Oct 2005, 03:38 AM
Follow the instructions here (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/honeycutt_03april28.mspx)


That is what I was talking about when having the wrong layout for the keyboard. I have a US Keyboard and can shift between US and UK layouts.
jm1647
27 Oct 2005, 04:02 AM
@nwg - I know, thats what we all thought , then it reminded me of Peter Frampton" "Show Me The Way".....:wink:
nwg
27 Oct 2005, 04:05 AM
@nwg - I know, thats what we all thought , then it reminded me of Peter Frampton" "Show Me The Way".....:wink:


Good link. I never found a good enough link to post. Maybe I should have tried different wording.
Chewy
27 Oct 2005, 04:09 AM
to the keyboard gurus

:clap: :bowing:
bugmenot1
1 Nov 2005, 10:29 AM
try using another keyboard and see if the same problem occurs
anonymez
1 Nov 2005, 10:32 AM
problem has already been solved.
Gary Seven.
14 Nov 2005, 06:19 AM
I have the very same problem with my keyboard, the function of @ and " is reversed, I just got on with life as it was, minor glitches don't bother me that much. But just by chance I came across this article and followed the same thread and "YES" I to am cured of this glitch.
I can tell you that mine started after I reloaded XP in the non distructive way. I guess the default load settings are in Yank, but I don't remember being prompted to alter these..although with all those additional patches to download and add, anything could have gone wrong.


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