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Hello,

Have a keyboard that will go wierd and type the wrong letters.  Have already changed to a new keyboard so it is not that - It does not do it all the time - but is getting more and more often that it does.  It is a microsoft keyboard - there has not been anything spilt on it.  Any suggestions please!System Configuration: Windows XP
Internet Explorer 7.0

buddy · Accepted Answer

Had the same problem.  Solved it by hitting the NUM LOCK/SCRN LOCK key.

Zayad · Answer

ok I mean that u have written above ok
 try this one
open run
1st goto start
then click on run
the run window will open there u type osk
then press enter
 
after doing it u will see the layout of your keyboard ok

santaslittlehelper · Answer

hey I just had this same problem on an XPS 210 with a dell multimedia keyboard. Windows XP with SP3. I just had to unplug the keyboard, then restart the computer and plug it back in. Fixed! I think you may need to check that the driver was uninstalled in the device manager before restarting. If the keyboard isn't listed then it has automatically been uninstalled and you should be good. Hope this helps

Moya · Answer

Ty very much. I have been having trouble with my Hp Z6000. I was looking under keyboard setting with no luck in finding options. I did not know about the "osk" command which I assume stands for On Screen Keyboard. I Saw that the keyboard was set up differently. The owner of the laptop is from Mexico and had set the US keyboard for that region. lol Thanks again saved me a lot of trouble.

-Moya

maths · Answer

just hit [Num Lock]
it should be ok

Gjilek · Answer

I had the exact same problem with my dell lap top.  If you look at the keyboard you can see on  the letters J K L (for example) there are also numbers that share those keys.  The keys that letters and numbers share act as the 10 key calculator that used to share the keyboard.  If you simply shut your num lock off it will turn the numbers off.

T-boy · Answer

I had the same problem. If your letters show up as numbers then the nums lock should help. If your letters show up as the wrong letters, nums lock may not help. What I did was right click on the windows task bar, then clicked on toolbars and selected language bar. This should make a little keyboard show up on the windows task bar. Click on the keyboard and it should show u the diff language settings for the keyboard. I simply selected English - USA and violla, it was back to normal.

!--*SiVaSLI*--! · Answer

JUST PRESS FN AND NUM LK IT REALLY WORKS!!!

gpinkham · Answer

Try hitting CTRL and Shift at the same time. I had the same problem...realized it was this key combination that would toggle a scrambled keyboard.

JrkDgby.pQ · Answer

Thank you.. Control shift worked for me. I noticed that it was only happening when I used firefox and when I restarted firefox, that solved the problem. I realized it was probably a key combo that I pressed but until now I didnt know what to do about it. Thanks........

vik · Answer

presses ctrl+shift+num lock key and it works in IBM thinkpad laptop

Peter · Answer

Had same problem.   Just reinstalled windows. I had not selected English installation. Selected American instead.  Go to control  panel,   regional and Language options-  English (United Kingdom) - alter it there.  The American keyboard is different.   Hope it helps.

kp · Answer

Hi, This forum is very helpful. I tried searching for 15 minutes and I found the message with a link to Madking's tip. Function+Num lock worked for my samsung laptop. Thanks very much Madking.

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