Invereted comma key doesn't work properly, keyboard works fine on other computers

[Insp Gadget]

Hi,

Any assistance with this strange glitch would be greatly appreciated. No
matter what keyboard I attach my Windows XP (Home) computer I have to press
another key after pressing the inverted comma key to get the inverted comma
to show up on the screen. The key works fine while in the BIOS screen or
using a start up disk to get to MSDOS, but not in WinXP and nothing changes
no matter what I do with keyboard device drivers (mind you, mostly my
keyboards don't need any special drivers loaded). I can't get rid of this
strange annoying glitch.

What I suspect is that some basic keyboard driver is corrupt in my install.
I have installed windows several times and the issue remains. This leads me
to think that the corrupt file (if this is the problem) must be on the
original CD. But I have no idea where to get an "uncorrupted" copy of this
file and how to update it. Any suggestions regarding this glitch?

Thanks
Insp Gadget

 

[Malke]

Hi,

Any assistance with this strange glitch would be greatly appreciated. No
matter what keyboard I attach my Windows XP (Home) computer I have to
press another key after pressing the inverted comma key to get the
inverted comma to show up on the screen. The key works fine while in the
BIOS screen or using a start up disk to get to MSDOS, but not in WinXP and
nothing changes no matter what I do with keyboard device drivers (mind
you, mostly my keyboards don't need any special drivers loaded). I can't
get rid of this strange annoying glitch.

What I suspect is that some basic keyboard driver is corrupt in my
install. I have installed windows several times and the issue remains.
This leads me to think that the corrupt file (if this is the problem) must
be on the original CD. But I have no idea where to get an "uncorrupted"
copy of this file and how to update it. Any suggestions regarding this
glitch?

It sounds as though you have the wrong keyboard localization picked,
possibly US International instead of plain US for example. Go to the Region
& Language Options applet in Control Panel and make sure you've set your
region to where you actually live.

Malke

 

[Insp Gadget]

Malke,

That problem has been bugging me for several years now and we have just been
putting up with it.

You were exactly right my keyboard localisation was set to 'US
(International)'. When I changed it to 'US' the problem went away and
everything is fine. I'd don't know how much time over the years I've spent
trying to fix that little glitch and you've done it in seconds. Can't thank
you enough.

Insp Gadget

 

[Malke]

Malke,

That problem has been bugging me for several years now and we have just
been putting up with it.

You were exactly right my keyboard localisation was set to 'US
(International)'. When I changed it to 'US' the problem went away and
everything is fine. I'd don't know how much time over the years I've spent
trying to fix that little glitch and you've done it in seconds. Can't
thank you enough.

I'm delighted that I was able to help you. Thanks for taking the time to let
me know.

Malke