cazboy 0 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 post Share on other sites
Moderators hazelnut 5 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 post Share on other sites
cazboy 0 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 post Share on other sites
Moderators mta 0 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 post Share on other sites
cazboy 0 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 post Share on other sites
Moderators hazelnut 5 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 post Share on other sites
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