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Press shift to get @, I get a "

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PhilipAddicott - Updated on May 28, 2018 at 05:04 PM
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - May 28, 2018 at 06:14 PM
Hello,
I have a small problem that sometimes when I press shift to get @, I get a ". The only way I can fix the problem is by Rebooting my PC, then it comes back to normal, so to me I am not sure if it is actually my keyboard, Any ideas what could be causing this?


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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
May 28, 2018 at 05:59 PM
often this is caused when the Windows keyboard language does not match the physical keyboard. Many laptops have a PFKey combo that changes the language setting. Perhaps you sometimes trigger this change by accident.
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
May 28, 2018 at 06:14 PM
This is what happens when you have a US keyboard and keyboard language is set to UK English.

Main differences between a US and UK keyboard:

an AltGr key is added to the right of the space bar
the # symbol is replaced by the £ symbol and a 102nd key is added next to the
Enter key to accommodate the displaced #
@ and ” are swapped
the ~ is moved to the # key, and is replaced by a ¬ symbol on the backquote (`) key
the \ key is moved to the left of the Z key
the Enter key spans two rows, and is narrower to accommodate the # key
on laptop computers, the | and \ key is often placed next to the space bar