Keyboard Problem

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

<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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On May 7, 11:41 am, "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@remove_mvps.com>
wrote:
> <paolorica...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:75f0ae32-b6d4-4e77-b5b1-f25c18af8413@d19g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
>
> >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...a7264-b593-445...
>
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> Mike Hall - MVP
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Mike: thanks - changing to English (US) Keyboard layout solved the
problem.

<paoloricardo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On May 7, 11:41 am, "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@remove_mvps.com>
> wrote:
>> <paolorica...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:75f0ae32-b6d4-4e77-b5b1-f25c18af8413@d19g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> >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...a7264-b593-445...
>>
>> --
>> Mike Hall - MVP
>> How to construct a good post..http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
>> How to use the Microsoft Product Support
>> Newsgroups..http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc
>> Mike's Window - My Blog..http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
>
> Mike: thanks - changing to English (US) Keyboard layout solved the
> problem.


Way to go.. :-)

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