Keyboard Problem

[Guest]

I reinstalled windows recently but after reinstalling my keyboard has started
behaving in a peculiar way.When I press '\' on my keyboard '#' sign appears.
Similarly when I press '#' ,'£' sign appears.I've tried reinstalling the
drivers for the keyboard but it doesn't work.Is it a keyboard problem or a
windows problem and how can I rectify it ? Please help!

 

[Newbie Coder]

Darsham,

Click START | CONTROL PANEL

Go to the LOCALIZATION settings & change your INPUT LOCALE to example
BRITISH ENGLISH...

 

[witan]

I reinstalled windows recently but after reinstalling my keyboard has started
behaving in a peculiar way.When I press '\' on my keyboard '#' sign appears.
Similarly when I press '#' ,'£' sign appears.I've tried reinstalling the
drivers for the keyboard but it doesn't work.Is it a keyboard problem or a
windows problem and how can I rectify it ? Please help!

I had a similar problem a few months ago, and corrected it using
settings in Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Languages
[Press button] "Details".
The relevant settings in my computer (in India) are as follows:

"EN" (United Kingdom)
Keyboard
United Kingdom
EN English (United States)
Keyboard
US
Your name suggests that you are also in India. The above settings
should work for you.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I reinstalled windows recently but after reinstalling my keyboard has started
behaving in a peculiar way.When I press '\' on my keyboard '#' sign appears.
Similarly when I press '#' ,'£' sign appears.I've tried reinstalling the
drivers for the keyboard but it doesn't work.Is it a keyboard problem or a
windows problem and how can I rectify it ? Please help!

It's not any sort of problem. It's just a configuration setting.

You are using a UK keyboard with a US keyboard layout, or vice-versa.

Change the keyboard layout in Control Panel | Regional and Language
Options | Languages | Details | Settings.