cazboy Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Hello, I'm not sure if this belongs in the hardware section or the software section. Anyway, I ran into a very peculiar problem recently at my wife's office. Her computer runs just fine except the keyboard has a strange problem. The @ and the " are switched! Not the physical keys, but the result of pressing the keys. When you press the @ symbol, what appears on the monitor is ". And the opposite is true, too.... when you press the " symbol, what appears on the monitor is the @. Just to be clear, I'm talking about the @ symbol, directly over the "2" key on the upper row. And the " symbol, directly to the left of the "enter" key. At first I thought it was a problem with the keyboard, so I just changed out the keyboard for a new one - but the same problem remains. So it can't be the keyboard - it's something in the computer. The computer in question is running Windows 7 Professional with all updates. Can anyone suggest a solution? I've looked at the keyboard dialog box in Control Panel but I don't see anything to try. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted November 2, 2016 Moderators Share Posted November 2, 2016 In Control Panel go to Region and Languages..Keyboards and Languages is it set for US ? This may help you understand it better CCleaner documentation can be found here https://www.ccleaner.com/docs/ccleaner Support contact https://support.piriform.com/hc/en-us/requests/new support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazboy Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 Hazelnut, thanks - I'll bet that has something to do with it. Unfortunately I'm not at the computer in question, so I'll have to wait until I go back to my wife's workplace. I will give it a look and report back here. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted November 2, 2016 Moderators Share Posted November 2, 2016 guarantee that is the cause, the PC is using a UK keyboard and changing your Region in Control Panel to your location will fix it. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazboy Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 Good news - as predicted, you were correct. The keyboard was set to UK! That was a simple solution...thank you gents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted November 3, 2016 Moderators Share Posted November 3, 2016 Good to here things are back to normal cazboy CCleaner documentation can be found here https://www.ccleaner.com/docs/ccleaner Support contact https://support.piriform.com/hc/en-us/requests/new support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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