Wrong Characters When I Hit Keys!

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Hi

I wonder if someone can help me please. I have Win XP Home on my laptop. Fpr
some reason on its QWERTY keypad a number of the keys now produce different
results to what they are labelled. So... an attempt to hit M produces 2 and K
produces 0 for example. Some keys are unaffected (the gamer's WSAD typical
config). I have tried putting in my Acer Recovery Disks which contain XP but
it spits the dummy.

Any suggestions please? (remembering that actual use of the laptop to
self-diagnose is impossible as alphas are missing etc.)

I can be replied to at:

(e-mail address removed) or
(e-mail address removed)

Regards

Scott Trembath
 
Scott Trembath said:
Hi

I wonder if someone can help me please. I have Win XP Home on my laptop. Fpr
some reason on its QWERTY keypad a number of the keys now produce different
results to what they are labelled. So... an attempt to hit M produces 2 and K
produces 0 for example. Some keys are unaffected (the gamer's WSAD typical
config). I have tried putting in my Acer Recovery Disks which contain XP but
it spits the dummy.

Any suggestions please? (remembering that actual use of the laptop to
self-diagnose is impossible as alphas are missing etc.)

I can be replied to at:

(e-mail address removed) or
(e-mail address removed)

Regards

Scott Trembath
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Your keyboard is in NumLock mode. Read the manual and check
what keys you need to press to put it back to normal mode. At the
same time you should check in the manual how NumLock is indicated
so that you can spot the condition next time.
 
Scott said:
Hi

I wonder if someone can help me please. I have Win XP Home on my laptop. Fpr
some reason on its QWERTY keypad a number of the keys now produce different
results to what they are labelled. So... an attempt to hit M produces 2 and K
produces 0 for example. Some keys are unaffected (the gamer's WSAD typical
config). I have tried putting in my Acer Recovery Disks which contain XP but
it spits the dummy.

Any suggestions please? (remembering that actual use of the laptop to
self-diagnose is impossible as alphas are missing etc.)
Click to expand...

Probably Fn/Numlock
 
Scott Trembath said:
Hi

I wonder if someone can help me please. I have Win XP Home on my laptop.
Fpr
some reason on its QWERTY keypad a number of the keys now produce
different
results to what they are labelled. So... an attempt to hit M produces 2
and K
produces 0 for example. Some keys are unaffected (the gamer's WSAD typical
config). I have tried putting in my Acer Recovery Disks which contain XP
but
it spits the dummy.

Any suggestions please? (remembering that actual use of the laptop to
self-diagnose is impossible as alphas are missing etc.)

I can be replied to at:

(e-mail address removed) or
(e-mail address removed)

Regards

Scott Trembath
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Try tapping the Function (Fn?) key.
 
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(e-mail address removed)> wrote in
Hi

I wonder if someone can help me please. I have Win XP Home on my
laptop. Fpr some reason on its QWERTY keypad a number of the
keys now produce different results to what they are labelled.
So... an attempt to hit M produces 2 and K produces 0 for
example. Some keys are unaffected (the gamer's WSAD typical
config). I have tried putting in my Acer Recovery Disks which
contain XP but it spits the dummy.

Any suggestions please? (remembering that actual use of the
laptop to self-diagnose is impossible as alphas are missing
etc.)
Click to expand...
You have NumLock on.
 
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