<paoloricardo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have a HP Pavilion laptop and when I press certain keys I get a
> different response e.g. pressing '@' gives '"' and vice versa. In
> particular I cannot get the '|' (pipe) symbol, which is causing me
> grief using Linux.
>
> I have the laptop set to English (United Kingdom), although I have
> tried English (United States) and English (Australia) (I bought the
> laptop in Australia) . Can anyone suggest a solution


You have to set the KEYBOARD language..

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...5dfe61033.mspx


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