Hi Kieran
Sounds like your keyboard layout is set to United States. To use the UK
layout open the control panel, select classic view then open 'Regional and
Language Options'. Click the languages tab, then under 'text services and
input languages' click the details button. Under 'installed services' click
the add button, then select 'English (United Kingdom)' from the drop down
menu under 'Input Language', then click Ok. Then select 'English (United
Kingdom) - United Kingdom under 'default input language'. Click Ok and
restart the machine.
Mark