Hi
I have just bought a new PC with XP Pro.
When I press the @ key, it returns a " character and visa-versa.
Changing the language between English UK and English US does not seem to help.
I would apreciate anybody's help.
Thank you.

"nojo901" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:FEE47F4F-DAA3-4A8C-B3E2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
> I have just bought a new PC with XP Pro.
> When I press the @ key, it returns a " character and visa-versa.
> Changing the language between English UK and English US does not seem to
> help.
> I would apreciate anybody's help.
> Thank you.

You need to tell us what keys you depress on your keyboard
to get these charachters, e.g. "Shift+2".

Thank you Pegasus.
I press the key with @ on it and it returns a " character.
And visa-versa.


"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "nojo901" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:FEE47F4F-DAA3-4A8C-B3E2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi
> > I have just bought a new PC with XP Pro.
> > When I press the @ key, it returns a " character and visa-versa.
> > Changing the language between English UK and English US does not seem to
> > help.
> > I would apreciate anybody's help.
> > Thank you.
>
> You need to tell us what keys you depress on your keyboard
> to get these charachters, e.g. "Shift+2".
>
>
>

Yes, I knew this already. However, the @ and the " characters are
in different locations, depending on the keyboard you have. You
really need to follow my suggestions and tell us what you press,
e.g. Shift+2, AltGR+2 or whatever. If you don't then I won't
continue this discussion.


"nojo901" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thank you Pegasus.
> I press the key with @ on it and it returns a " character.
> And visa-versa.
>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
>>
>> "nojo901" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:FEE47F4F-DAA3-4A8C-B3E2-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hi
>> > I have just bought a new PC with XP Pro.
>> > When I press the @ key, it returns a " character and visa-versa.
>> > Changing the language between English UK and English US does not seem
>> > to
>> > help.
>> > I would apreciate anybody's help.
>> > Thank you.
>>
>> You need to tell us what keys you depress on your keyboard
>> to get these charachters, e.g. "Shift+2".
>>
>>
>>

"nojo901" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:FEE47F4F-DAA3-4A8C-B3E2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
> I have just bought a new PC with XP Pro.
> When I press the @ key, it returns a " character and visa-versa.
> Changing the language between English UK and English US does not seem
> to help.
> I would apreciate anybody's help.
> Thank you.

I assume you changed language in Control panel>Regional and language
settings.

Did you also click the Languages Tab and then Details?

This gives you the option to choose input language AND the type of
keyboard.

Sorry Pegasus.
The @ symbol is on the key that also has the ' symbol on it, the second key
to the left of the enter key.
he " symbol is above the number 2.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> Yes, I knew this already. However, the @ and the " characters are
> in different locations, depending on the keyboard you have. You
> really need to follow my suggestions and tell us what you press,
> e.g. Shift+2, AltGR+2 or whatever. If you don't then I won't
> continue this discussion.
>
>
> "nojo901" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:499F0408-7316-46FF-9003-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thank you Pegasus.
> > I press the key with @ on it and it returns a " character.
> > And visa-versa.
> >
> >
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "nojo901" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:FEE47F4F-DAA3-4A8C-B3E2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > Hi
> >> > I have just bought a new PC with XP Pro.
> >> > When I press the @ key, it returns a " character and visa-versa.
> >> > Changing the language between English UK and English US does not seem
> >> > to
> >> > help.
> >> > I would apreciate anybody's help.
> >> > Thank you.
> >>
> >> You need to tell us what keys you depress on your keyboard
> >> to get these charachters, e.g. "Shift+2".
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

It appears that you are set up for an American keyboard. Have you seen
my post?

"nojo901" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Sorry Pegasus.
> The @ symbol is on the key that also has the ' symbol on it, the
> second key
> to the left of the enter key.
> he " symbol is above the number 2.
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Yes, I knew this already. However, the @ and the " characters are
>> in different locations, depending on the keyboard you have. You
>> really need to follow my suggestions and tell us what you press,
>> e.g. Shift+2, AltGR+2 or whatever. If you don't then I won't
>> continue this discussion.
>>
>>
>> "nojo901" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:499F0408-7316-46FF-9003-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Thank you Pegasus.
>> > I press the key with @ on it and it returns a " character.
>> > And visa-versa.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> "nojo901" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:FEE47F4F-DAA3-4A8C-B3E2-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> > Hi
>> >> > I have just bought a new PC with XP Pro.
>> >> > When I press the @ key, it returns a " character and visa-versa.
>> >> > Changing the language between English UK and English US does not
>> >> > seem
>> >> > to
>> >> > help.
>> >> > I would apreciate anybody's help.
>> >> > Thank you.
>> >>
>> >> You need to tell us what keys you depress on your keyboard
>> >> to get these charachters, e.g. "Shift+2".
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

"Smirnoff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
>
> "nojo901" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:FEE47F4F-DAA3-4A8C-B3E2-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi
>> I have just bought a new PC with XP Pro.
>> When I press the @ key, it returns a " character and visa-versa.
>> Changing the language between English UK and English US does not seem to
>> help.
>> I would apreciate anybody's help.
>> Thank you.
>
> I assume you changed language in Control panel>Regional and language
> settings.
>
> Did you also click the Languages Tab and then Details?
>
> This gives you the option to choose input language AND the type of
> keyboard.
>
It seems to me that the OP's keyboard is mismarked. I have never seen one
which expects you to press SHIFT+' to get @ or SHIFT+2 to get ".

Jim

"Jim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> It seems to me that the OP's keyboard is mismarked. I have never seen
> one which expects you to press SHIFT+' to get @ or SHIFT+2 to get ".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:K...ed_Kingdom.svg

Now you have :-)

nojo901 wrote:
> Hi
> I have just bought a new PC with XP Pro.
> When I press the @ key, it returns a " character and visa-versa.
> Changing the language between English UK and English US does not seem
> to help. I would apreciate anybody's help.
> Thank you.

The keyboard has the wrong key-caps.

On a standard keyboard, one key is marked (@ / 2) and another key is marked
(" / ' )

In other words, the at-symbol is an upper-case 2 (on the typewriter portion
of the keyboard) and the quotation mark is an upper-case apostrophe (next to
the [ENTER] key).

Compare your keyboard layout with a pic of a normal keyboard.

If, however, you have a laptop, all bets are off. Laptop manufacturers move
keys all over the place.