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Offline GROWLER

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Re: How do I....?
« Reply #30 on: April 05, 2010, 08:15:51 AM »
Keyboard's gone weird too.
Can't get the pounds sign...#######
The # symbol comes up on the pound key, which isn't available at all anywhere.
The @ symbol is only available on the " key and vice versa
\ comes up on the hash key now too.

Everything else seems to be ok though. All most odd.
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Re: How do I....?
« Reply #31 on: April 05, 2010, 08:16:13 AM »
You say you have gone into AOL's tool settings but ( I am presume you are using IE ) have you gone into their tool settings

Under the advanced button tab there is a button which sets text size to medium

Worth a try I hope
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Re: How do I....?
« Reply #32 on: April 05, 2010, 08:17:27 AM »
Keyboard's gone weird too.
Can't get the pounds sign...#######
The # symbol comes up on the pound key, which isn't available at all anywhere.
The @ symbol is only available on the " key and vice versa
\ comes up on the hash key now too.

Everything else seems to be ok though. All most odd.
Cats revenge? eveilgrin:

Just throw it all away. You know it makes sense
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Re: How do I....?
« Reply #33 on: April 05, 2010, 08:27:53 AM »
Keyboard's gone weird too.
Can't get the pounds sign...#######
The # symbol comes up on the pound key, which isn't available at all anywhere.
The @ symbol is only available on the " key and vice versa
\ comes up on the hash key now too.

Everything else seems to be ok though. All most odd.
Cats revenge? eveilgrin:

Just throw it all away. You know it makes sense

That's actually not a bad idea from a mouse brained twerp.
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Re: How do I....?
« Reply #34 on: April 05, 2010, 08:35:44 AM »
Control panel

K/board settings & regional settings - change to UK, delete US (if only)

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Re: How do I....?
« Reply #35 on: April 05, 2010, 08:43:51 AM »
Control panel

K/board settings & regional settings - change to UK, delete US (if only)

Doesn't give me that option. Just speed of cursor and stuff

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Re: How do I....?
« Reply #36 on: April 05, 2010, 08:46:02 AM »
There should be a keyboard/language tab.

Why didn't yer man set it correctly at installation time?

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Re: How do I....?
« Reply #37 on: April 05, 2010, 09:29:14 AM »
Tel is right... your man has set it up as a US keyboard (the default)....

Get him back in to sort it proper like...
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Re: How do I....?
« Reply #38 on: April 05, 2010, 09:36:52 AM »
Tel is right... your man has set it up as a US keyboard (the default)....

Get him back in to sort it proper like...

He lives in Derby. ::)

Anyway, the # (pound) symbol was playing up before then  anyway.

MM now rells me that her @ symbol on her new laptop is only obtainable by pressing the " key too...and vice versa!!

P'raps this keyboard is all wired up wrong like?
Hammer beckons p'raps?

Personally I think this is a ghost of cat problem. scared2:

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Re: How do I....?
« Reply #39 on: April 05, 2010, 09:40:01 AM »
Tel is right... your man has set it up as a US keyboard (the default)....

Get him back in to sort it proper like...

He lives in Derby. ::)

Anyway, the # (pound) symbol was playing up before then  anyway.

MM now rells me that her @ symbol on her new laptop is only obtainable by pressing the " key too...and vice versa!!

P'raps this keyboard is all wired up wrong like?
Hammer beckons p'raps?

Personally I think this is a ghost of cat problem. scared2:

FFS!

The keyboard is set-up wrong like!  cussing:

Do you want me to tell you how to fix it or not????
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Re: How do I....?
« Reply #40 on: April 05, 2010, 09:41:02 AM »
Remote control?

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Re: How do I....?
« Reply #41 on: April 05, 2010, 10:14:56 AM »
Tel is right... your man has set it up as a US keyboard (the default)....

Get him back in to sort it proper like...

He lives in Derby. ::)

Anyway, the # (pound) symbol was playing up before then  anyway.

MM now rells me that her @ symbol on her new laptop is only obtainable by pressing the " key too...and vice versa!!

P'raps this keyboard is all wired up wrong like?
Hammer beckons p'raps?

Personally I think this is a ghost of cat problem. scared2:

FFS!

The keyboard is set-up wrong like!  cussing:

Do you want me to tell you how to fix it or not????

YES!


Nowt's worked so far though.

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Re: How do I....?
« Reply #42 on: April 05, 2010, 10:49:35 AM »
Control panel

K/board settings & regional settings - change to UK, delete US (if only)

Doesn't give me that option. Just speed of cursor and stuff

Click on Regional. That should give you several options one of which will offer Keyboards & Languages. Click on that and you should get "Current Format". If that shows "US" or "Other" then change it to UK by clicking on the down arrow at the end of the box that says "US" and choose the UK option. Having got that in the box then click on "Apply" at the bottom and Robert will instantly become a close male relative.
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Re: How do I....?
« Reply #43 on: April 05, 2010, 11:34:29 AM »
Control panel

K/board settings & regional settings - change to UK, delete US (if only)

Doesn't give me that option. Just speed of cursor and stuff

Click on Regional. That should give you several options one of which will offer Keyboards & Languages. Click on that and you should get "Current Format". If that shows "US" or "Other" then change it to UK by clicking on the down arrow at the end of the box that says "US" and choose the UK option. Having got that in the box then click on "Apply" at the bottom and Robert will instantly become a close male relative.

???????...correct place!
######...correct place too!!

Nice one Snoopio, and thank you. cloud9:

I discoverd that I was running both UK and US systems for some unknown reason. cry:
Deleted US now anyway, bloody Yanks. evil:

That's sorted , but now I'm wondering if I've created another problem.

Windows was prompting me to update some shite. Service pack 3 or summat?
Decided to go ahead, but after 20 minutes of loading its crap, it threw a wobbly and told me it couldn't complete, so press here to undo the updates so far, which I dutifully did.
10 minutes later it comes back and tells me that it couldn't undo everything it had done, and as a consequence Windows XP may no now longer run properly. eeek:

Well thank you very much Mr Microsoft or whoever. I've just spent days sorting this crock of crap out, and now you tell me you've goosed yerself for me, you utter bloody bastard. cussing:

Everything seems ok so far, but has it gubbed itself, and should I be worried like?

I HATE this wretched heap of shit. crash:
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Re: How do I....?
« Reply #44 on: April 05, 2010, 06:40:33 PM »
Well, I tried ...  ;)
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