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Hi guys. My PC crashed last year and I got so frustrated not being able to un crash it that I punched the keyboard.
When I got it back up and running some of the keys had moved eg: " is now @ and reverse. # is | etc.
Is there a way to re-set the keyboard? I recently bought a new one and it's doing the same thing, so it cant be the key pad that's mixed-up.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Phill
On your tool bar at the right hand bottom corner is there a single letter E or H or U perhaps if its present you may be able to toggle back to uk settings ,I think you've defaulted to USA key pad settings We had this on some of the pcs at Uni a few yrs back I think it was after the tech guys upgraded to windows 7 from xp hope this helps .
Punch it with the other hand.
Punch it with the other hand.
Punch it with the other hand.
i'm not very tough, i used both hands and a foot 
On your tool bar at the right hand bottom corner is there a single letter E or H or U perhaps if its present you may be able to toggle back to uk settings ,I think you've defaulted to USA key pad settings We had this on some of the pcs at Uni a few yrs back I think it was after the tech guys upgraded to windows 7 from xp hope this helps .
Hi Grah, unfortunately no, although it does give the date US style, you know wrong way round? 5/2/2015 instead of 28/05/2015
I persribe to the bigger hammer theory - if it does'nt work, hit it with a bigger hammer and go buy another one, works every time.
Get another keyboard.
New keyboard didn't fix it, so I would check the default keyboard layout in Windows. Qwerty is most common, but you could have changed it to Colpak, Dvorak, or some alternate that is still based on the English Language..... or not. The software allows you to assign anykey combination you like (even if it is not commonly recognized) so it's worth a look.
thanks doug, as you say, new keyboard up and running. i looked into windows and got my UK settings back, it was on US so thanks for that. and i also found some shortcuts i didn't know about which frightened the life out of me (thought i'd crashed it again) anyway, see how it goes. thanks to all for you help and humour.
@"£...means all is re-set...thanks doug you're a marvel
phill
I found a shortcut last night, but it was through the woods while I was driving someone else's 4x4 and I don't think I could duplicate now if I tried.
I'm glad your keyboard is working the way you expect it to.
hmmm... I guess I learned something new today. I didn't realize that QWERTY wasn't common across the globe. Note to self - don't ever try to type 75 wpm on a UK keyboard. 
GLAD you sorted it out, Phill!
haven't seen a post from you lately Phill - computer still ok ?
haven't seen a post from you lately Phill - computer still ok ?
hi jim, no PC's working fine, unlike me. you may recall when we were doing our last colab, i was having problems with my voice and chest? well it got a lot worse and i had to turn down a lot of work, which made the wife a little upset as we had a holiday planned and we needed the cash. anyway, i had an infection verging on pneumonia and lost my singing voice completely (i can hear some cheers from the back row) but we managed to get away to the sun for a few days. i meant to call on roger guppy but i didn't have his address. i managed to pop in to chordie from time to time just for a few moments before she asked for "frozen" again!.
i haven't done a song for around a month, but my granddaughter kept asking me for stories, she's 2 and a half, and i invented a new world and characters for her totaling around 10 or more short stories and when i get time i'm going to write them down and hopefully get them in print. i wonder if we have any illustrators out there?
so i'm back in the saddle now and raring to go.
thanks for the thought.
phill
Glad to hear your ok Phil take care of that voice my friend
thanks grah, i'll try my best. i went through a few weeks there when i thought the ball was over and the obese lady had sung, but i managed "rhinestone cowboy" on saturday so i think i'm getting there.
Been there, done that, Phill. Back in my drinking days, I used to go through at least one kb a year because of a slow computer.
If the poor thing could speak, I'm sure it would have asked me, "Hey! What'd I do???"
Glad you're back up and runnin', my friend!
Bill
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