!!!! Vista problem - Urgent Help !!!!!

[cohen]

Hi all,

This is for the vista guys!!!!

My grandparents friend bought a laptop about 2 weeks ago and she wants it on the net now she is organizing a ISP (bigpond to be exact) and i said to her that i will do updates and get it ready for her as she doesn't know a lot about computers. So i have done all the updates and put virus software on it and a few other things. Now there is a language issue.

Whenever i hit shift + 2 is gives me " whenever i do shift + 3 it gives me *pound dollar sign*.

Now i don't know how to change the language i have put it on US and it still does it..... pls help

 

[The_Other_One]

Check the keyboard drivers are set for a US keyboard.

 

[cohen]

Check the keyboard drivers are set for a US keyboard.

ok - i'll do it now

 

[cohen]

!!! Update !!!

Found the problem - in the language it has the UK as it's default language... how do i set the US as the default????

 

[PabloTeK]

Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Keyboards and Languages > Change Keyboards. From here select the right type of keyboard.

 

[cohen]

Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Keyboards and Languages > Change Keyboards. From here select the right type of keyboard.

Did that and still won't work....

 

[cohen]

!!! Update !!!

In word it will the do @ and the $ but not in msn... now in word the set language is Australia.... it's the actual OS causing the problem.

 

[cohen]

Done

Done it's fixed now it needed to be rebooted after i deleted UK langauge...

but thanks for everyone's help.