Go to Control Panel - Regional and Language Options, and make sure both your default language and keyboard layout (under Languages-Details) are correct. If in the US, both should be set to US.
I tried your suggestion and they were in fact set to US. I have therefore changed them to UK (Buckby is a village about 70 miles north of London). Unfortunately it did not resolve the problem. But many thanks for your help.
That's a puzzler, because after a bit more poking around discovered US and UK keyboards have @ and " exactly reversed. I went ahead and added the UK keyboard layout in control panel, and I can reverse the keys by switching between the US and UK keyboard layouts (at least in Notepad):
Not to be a pain, but it sounds like something in there is still set to US - did you go ahead and remove the US keyboard layout under Languages-> Details after adding the UK one?
Message Edited by Alexandra_P on 07-08-2008 02:10 PM
I have now got the problem sorted and it was one setting in the languages that I had missed. I also managed to get an assist at work today when our regional IT manager came to our office and I asked him about it. He gave me some things to try which has now worked.
May I thank you enourmously for your assist As you are obviously American I would be interested to learn whereabouts in the States you reside. The desktop background on my computer is a photo that I took 3 years ago of the Oval Office side of the White House on the occasion that my wife and I visited that beautiful city. I particularly enjoyed going into the Air and Space Museum in the Washington Mall although my wife preferred the Museum of the American Native.
I grew up in the Southeast (mostly North Carolina) but currently live in southwest Washington State - nearest big city is Portland, Oregon. Haven't been to DC in quite a while but have been to the White House, the Capitol, and many of the Smithsonian museums - though I think my favorite was American History.
Visiting the UK is on my list of things to do before I die - so far I've decided it must involve a stay in a castle and a walk on a moor. Plus figure out what black pudding, haggis, toad in a hole, bubble-and-squeak, and bangers and mash are all about - preferably accompanied by a good black-and-tan. :smileyvery-happy: .
You have listed many traditional UK dishes. Bangers & Mash is simply Sausages with Mashed Potato. Haggis is a Scottish dish usually served at New Year or on Burns Night in january. Wonderful with a single malt Scotch Whisky. Black pudding looks like large sausage in a black skin and stuffed with offal. Usually served sliced and fried. I have never eaten Bubble and Squeek so just put it into Google and I am sure that you will find out all about it.
When we came to the states 3 years ago we stayed in Virginia with some old friends of my late father. As well as going to Washington we visited the Shenandoa valley and also visited Mount Vernon which was very interesting. I can now tell everyone that I have seen George Washington's tomb.
I f you want to see what the village of Long Buckby looks like just click on www.longbuckby.net which is our official village website also you can find us on google earth.
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Not sure if this is it - but...
Go to Control Panel - Regional and Language Options, and make sure both your default language and keyboard layout (under Languages-Details) are correct. If in the US, both should be set to US.
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That's a puzzler, because after a bit more poking around discovered US and UK keyboards have @ and " exactly reversed. I went ahead and added the UK keyboard layout in control panel, and I can reverse the keys by switching between the US and UK keyboard layouts (at least in Notepad):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards
Not to be a pain, but it sounds like something in there is still set to US - did you go ahead and remove the US keyboard layout under Languages-> Details after adding the UK one?
Buckby Man
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July 9th, 2008 16:00
I have now got the problem sorted and it was one setting in the languages that I had missed. I also managed to get an assist at work today when our regional IT manager came to our office and I asked him about it. He gave me some things to try which has now worked.
May I thank you enourmously for your assist As you are obviously American I would be interested to learn whereabouts in the States you reside. The desktop background on my computer is a photo that I took 3 years ago of the Oval Office side of the White House on the occasion that my wife and I visited that beautiful city. I particularly enjoyed going into the Air and Space Museum in the Washington Mall although my wife preferred the Museum of the American Native.
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July 9th, 2008 18:00
Glad you got it sorted out!
I grew up in the Southeast (mostly North Carolina) but currently live in southwest Washington State - nearest big city is Portland, Oregon. Haven't been to DC in quite a while but have been to the White House, the Capitol, and many of the Smithsonian museums - though I think my favorite was American History.
Visiting the UK is on my list of things to do before I die - so far I've decided it must involve a stay in a castle and a walk on a moor. Plus figure out what black pudding, haggis, toad in a hole, bubble-and-squeak, and bangers and mash are all about - preferably accompanied by a good black-and-tan. :smileyvery-happy: .
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July 10th, 2008 12:00
You have listed many traditional UK dishes. Bangers & Mash is simply Sausages with Mashed Potato. Haggis is a Scottish dish usually served at New Year or on Burns Night in january. Wonderful with a single malt Scotch Whisky. Black pudding looks like large sausage in a black skin and stuffed with offal. Usually served sliced and fried. I have never eaten Bubble and Squeek so just put it into Google and I am sure that you will find out all about it.
When we came to the states 3 years ago we stayed in Virginia with some old friends of my late father. As well as going to Washington we visited the Shenandoa valley and also visited Mount Vernon which was very interesting. I can now tell everyone that I have seen George Washington's tomb.
I f you want to see what the village of Long Buckby looks like just click on www.longbuckby.net which is our official village website also you can find us on google earth.
Best wishes and thank you
Brendan Newman (aka Buckby Man)