Weird Symbols appearing when I type

[MizuRyuu]

When I type symbols, sometimes these weird symbols appear instead (example
below). This does not appear all time time, but when it does, the only way to
fix it seem to be a reboot of my computer. This is not very feasible option
as I am sometimes heavily involved in my task and a reboot would cause
problem in my work. Hopefully, someone would be able to help me fix this
problem

when I try to type the following

[]\;',./{}|:"<>?

The following appear instead:
^çà;è,.é¨ÇÀ:È'"É


Since this problem never happen in my Window XP computer, I am assuming that
this is limited to vista

This problem doesn't always appear... sometimes it is only happening in my
firefox, but sometimes the bug would appear no matter where i type in
vista....

Originally, I thought this problem is limited to my desktop, but it has
recently started appearing in my laptop too....

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

When I type symbols, sometimes these weird symbols appear instead (example
below). This does not appear all time time, but when it does, the only way to
fix it seem to be a reboot of my computer. This is not very feasible option
as I am sometimes heavily involved in my task and a reboot would cause
problem in my work. Hopefully, someone would be able to help me fix this
problem

when I try to type the following

[]\;',./{}|:"<>?

The following appear instead:
^çà;è,.é¨ÇÀ:È'"É


Since this problem never happen in my Window XP computer, I am assuming that
this is limited to vista

This problem doesn't always appear... sometimes it is only happening in my
firefox, but sometimes the bug would appear no matter where i type in
vista....

Originally, I thought this problem is limited to my desktop, but it has
recently started appearing in my laptop too....

I don't have an answer to why it's happening, but I can tell you that
I've been running Vista for almost two years--since RTM in November
2006--and it's never occurred here. The problem is almost certainly
not caused by Vista itself, but by some other software that you happen
to be running Under Vista.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Have you checked your settings in the Control Panel/Regional and Language
options/Keyboards tab?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Bob D.]

Kind of looks like Russian.

Hi,

Have you checked your settings in the Control Panel/Regional and Language
options/Keyboards tab?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

When I type symbols, sometimes these weird symbols appear instead
(example
below). This does not appear all time time, but when it does, the only
way to
fix it seem to be a reboot of my computer. This is not very feasible
option
as I am sometimes heavily involved in my task and a reboot would cause
problem in my work. Hopefully, someone would be able to help me fix this
problem

when I try to type the following

[]\;',./{}|:"<>?

The following appear instead:
^çà ;è,.é¨Ã?Ã?:Ã^'"Ã?


Since this problem never happen in my Window XP computer, I am assuming
that
this is limited to vista

This problem doesn't always appear... sometimes it is only happening in
my
firefox, but sometimes the bug would appear no matter where i type in
vista....

Originally, I thought this problem is limited to my desktop, but it has
recently started appearing in my laptop too....

 

[LesleyO]

Those are all characters for the French language. I initially installed the
"Canadian English" version, but unfortunately, Microsoft apparently thinks
we all speak and write French up here. I changed to "American English", but
the French characters do reappear, just as they have for you, on occasion.
Somehow, the two versions of English become muddled sometimes.

It's a Vista problem, not caused by other software.

The cure is to reboot, or — sometimes — it will go away on its own.
Frustrating.
LesleyO

 

[LesleyO]

Hello, Nigel - Thanks for the suggestions; it doesn`t happen often but
drives me nuts! And having typed that, I notice that the apostrophe has
changed into a French accent ague, so it`s happening right now! Slash is é,
question mark is É, backslash is < and vertical line (whatever the correct
name is for it) is >! Where the apostrophe goes, I`ve no idea....

Lesley