Letter J instead of £ sign ??

DrCuddles · 05-10-2007, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomb08uk

Well no it shouldn't change. But maybe a update as altered it?

To be honest i doubt that would happen, what type of update are we talking about here? Any windows updates that would effect something like that wouldnt change it.

tomb08uk · 05-10-2007, 09:50 AM

Well IE updates, plugins....

DrCuddles · 05-10-2007, 10:00 AM

IE updates? i've never had an updater from IE... Yes, do you use any Add Ons?

EddieCurtis · 05-10-2007, 05:07 PM

cheers for the help so far lads... i have been through my character map and every £ sign in every font is the pound sign (not a J) so its not that... how do i check this character encoding?

thanks x

tomb08uk · 05-10-2007, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrCuddles

IE updates? i've never had an updater from IE... Yes, do you use any Add Ons?

Updates which are pre included with standard windows updates...

To find the encoding, will be in tools, internet options and then content...

DrCuddles · 05-10-2007, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomb08uk

Updates which are pre included with standard windows updates...

Oh yea

I never see that window anymore so im oblivious to what it downloads lol

zaroba · 05-10-2007, 10:55 PM

sounds like its useing a different language layout to me. different region specific keyboards have slightly different layouts. like the _ and ? and a few others are swapped on american and england keyboards, even though everything else is still the same.

are you sure your using the correct region keyboard layout setting for the keyboard your using?

to check this, you first need to know what the keyboard layout is.
goto control panel, open the keyboard settings, and select the hardware tab. it probably will say what it is.

then goto the region and language settings in the control panal. select the keyboard tab and make sure that its set to use the correct language layout.

as for why its not showing correctly only in a few places, the keyboard might even be setup to use multiple language packs and thus IE is telling it to start useing a different one when its up for whatever reason. or theres a hotkey setup to switch between them that you don't know about

EddieCurtis · 05-10-2007, 11:07 PM

Thanks for the help zarob, i followed the steps but no luck =[
my keyboard is set to UK and language is also, i found the one in internet explorer was set to En-US, i changed this to En-GB but once again, no luck.

it must be a problem with the settings in IE because it only happens in IE and only on certain websites, the main one being ebay.

x

wonders_eyes · 05-15-2007, 03:03 PM

thnx people, dr cuddles and kornowski,
im going to try it now, it happened ever since i reinstalled windows, i think i just left it to the us keyboard config
i had a feeling it was that...

wonders_eyes · 05-15-2007, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kornowski

Ok, It may not be exact, but it's somewhere here...

Start > Control Panel > Language and Regional Options > Advanced > Keyboard, Change it to UK.

thnx dude

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zaroba Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hereford PA Age: 27 Posts: 602	sounds like its useing a different language layout to me. different region specific keyboards have slightly different layouts. like the _ and ? and a few others are swapped on american and england keyboards, even though everything else is still the same. are you sure your using the correct region keyboard layout setting for the keyboard your using? to check this, you first need to know what the keyboard layout is. goto control panel, open the keyboard settings, and select the hardware tab. it probably will say what it is. then goto the region and language settings in the control panal. select the keyboard tab and make sure that its set to use the correct language layout. as for why its not showing correctly only in a few places, the keyboard might even be setup to use multiple language packs and thus IE is telling it to start useing a different one when its up for whatever reason. or theres a hotkey setup to switch between them that you don't know about __________________ The Universal - the internet's most unique and enjoyable game. Mobo: Asus P5N32-E \| CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @2.4GHz \| PSU: Coolmax 650watt Case: Lian-Li PC-V2100plusII \| OS: XP Professional - 64bit \| Monitors: Dual 19" Hanns-G 2ms LCDs HDs: 3x320gb, 3x500gb, 2x750GB \| Disc Drives: 16x DL dvd +/- rw Ram: 6 gb ddr2 \| GPU: 640MB GeForce 8800GTS Last edited by zaroba; 05-10-2007 at 10:58 PM.

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EddieCurtis New Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Essex, England Posts: 9	Thanks for the help zarob, i followed the steps but no luck =[ my keyboard is set to UK and language is also, i found the one in internet explorer was set to En-US, i changed this to En-GB but once again, no luck. it must be a problem with the settings in IE because it only happens in IE and only on certain websites, the main one being ebay. x __________________ --- PC SPECS --- * Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 * * Intel P4 2.8Ghz Processor * * 1.5 GB Kingston PC3200 DDR RAM * * ATI Radeon x800 XT (256mb) * * NEC DVD RW * * C-Media 8channel PCI soundcard * * Labtec 7.1 surround sound speakers *

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