Some special characters coming out wrong on my computer

[Mr Davo]

Hi Everyone,

I am using a Windows 7 x64 computer and several keys on my keyboard are misbehaving. When I press the tilde (~), at (@) or hash (#) keys I see different characters.

The characters that I am seeing are as follows -

Initially I installed a Microsoft USB Keyboard, and when I did so some software - in the style of Windows 8 - was installed. As I suspected that the Windows 8 "style" software may be at fault I uninstalled it (however there was no improvement). I then tried a Logitech USB keyboard with the same outcome, and finally tried a Microsoft PS2 keyboard.

Having tried 3 different keyboards with the same effect I am convinced that the issue is with the computer itself.

If anybody has any suggestions on how to fix this they will be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Davo

 

[whs]

Looks like your keyboard is set to a British layout. You can change that in Control Panel\Clock, Language, and Region

 

[Mr Davo]

Hi whs,

Thanks very much for your input - the advise that you provided has fixed the issue.

Kind Regards,

Davo

 

[whs]

You are welcome. Any time.