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Name: treefrog
Date: May 23, 2007 at 04:34:29 Pacific
OS: win xp
CPU/Ram: 2ghz, 192mb
Product: packard bell
Comment:

hello,
my keyboard is giving me guff, when i when i try to get the @ sign for email i have to press the numer 2 with shift as oppposed to the right key with the symbol, these keys seem to have swapped.
does anyone know how to resolve this,not life threatining i know but it is annoying



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Name: mosaddique
Date: May 23, 2007 at 04:38:59 Pacific
Reply:

Your keyboard mapping is wrong. You can fix this from the control panel.

Check your Regional and Language settings and your keyboard settings. Set them the way you want them to be.

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Response Number 2
Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: May 23, 2007 at 05:31:11 Pacific
Reply:

Is this a laptop?

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Response Number 3
Name: treefrog
Date: May 23, 2007 at 09:12:08 Pacific
Reply:

great stuff,problem solved.
thanks.
it was a desktop,not laptop


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Response Number 4
Name: Beachcoffee
Date: May 23, 2007 at 21:45:14 Pacific
Reply:

hmmm on my keyboard the @ character is above the 2 and is typed when I press shift 2. Dunno what the problem was here.

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