Help - Can't Find @

[mcdhu]

Just configuring up a new Laptop and - perhaps erroneously - selected a 'US' keyboard and now find that pressing the usual 2 keys to get @ gives me '' instead. Can't now find anywhere in the Control panel that will give me the option to select a UK keyboard - or have I missed something obvious.

It's a Dell Inspiron 630M with Win Xp.

With thanks as usual!
Cheers,
mcdhu

[Mornington Crescent]

Try Settings/control panel/regional and language settings.

[mcdhu]

Had a look there, but no options for the keyboard as in the setup process. The keyboard option in the CP doesn't seem to offer one either.

Thanks,
mcdhu

[joe2812]

My Inspiron (9100) did it a few weeks ago except it seemed to switch on it's own one morning when I booted it up. The @ and " had switched and i'd lost the '~'.

It also fixed itself a few days later after a restart which was odd. I remember googling and finding something but I didn't bookmark i'm afraid.

[Mornington Crescent]

If you keep going - Settings/control panel/regional and language options/languages tab then details it will give you the option to change keyboard.

Hope that's it MC

[Farmer 1]

mcdhu,

If all the above fails:

You mention "the usual 2 keys". Just in case that is a typo, and you meant the "2" key, on an English keyboard the @ is normally between the semicolon and the Enter keys, and used in conjunction with Shift.

I don't recall seeing a keyboard with the @ anywhere other than there or the 2 key, so it might be a case of trying various combinations of Ctrl, Alt, Shift etc.

[mcdhu]

Brilliant MC!! Exactly as you said it would be. All backto normal and will now be able to send emails - when I've set up the Lan!! But that's for another day!

Cheers,
Mcdhu