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Shift + number keys not giving expected symbols

Anonymous
2011-02-13T08:03:49+00:00

At first, I thought my new keyboard was messed up. So I switched from the brand new one back to my old one. And I still have the same problem. Whwn I hold down the SHIFT and 2 key on my keyboard, it suppossed to make the @ sign right

It doesnt.. instead it makes this " (a paranthesis). Same with Shift and 3 keyboard, it makes a slash instead of the usual number sign.

Still, if I wanna make the at sign, I gotta hold down ALT and then key 2... see... @

As for a question mark key... I cant even get that to work. Something is messed up here, and its really annoying. I need my old ways of typing back. Can anyone help me thanks in advance.

Dan

*original title - Just bought a brand new HP computer.. came with Windows 7. My Shift Key wont work...*

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-02-13T11:10:38+00:00

    Sounds as if you have selected an input language other than English. Control Panel, Region and Language; also check to see if your new keyboard has a language selection available that may need to be changed.

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    At first, I thought my new keyboard was messed up. So I switched from the brand new one back to my old one. And I still have the same problem. Whwn I hold down the SHIFT and 2 key on my keyboard, it suppossed to make the @ sign right

    It doesnt.. instead it makes this " (a paranthesis). Same with Shift and 3 keyboard, it makes a slash instead of the usual number sign.

    Still, if I wanna make the at sign, I gotta hold down ALT and then key 2... see... @

    As for a question mark key... I cant even get that to work. Something is messed up here, and its really annoying. I need my old ways of typing back. Can anyone help me thanks in advance.

    Dan

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-08-04T05:39:43+00:00

    you probably have two official languages...same thing happened to me. you probably pressed something, to change the language on your keyboard press left arrow + shift + alt.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-08-02T18:41:01+00:00

    No!!!! It's  simple solution. Press  FN,CTRL and SHIFT at the same time to switch the function of the numbers.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-30T19:23:27+00:00

    Press Left Alt + Shift = Problem Fix :)

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-03-16T03:42:34+00:00

    After tying everything else ... ... I tried your left arrow + shift + alt ... ... and whammo! the keyboard was back behaving itself! Thanks, Bruce

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