Keyboard characters incorrect

answer912 · 11-06-2009, 11:35 AM

Hi! I just bought a Dell XPS laptop three weeks back from Dubai. There seems to be two problems with my keyboard...

1. Pressing Shift+2 gives me " and pressing Shift+' gives me @. The shift functions seem to be reversed with the two keys...

2. Shift+3 does not give me the hash sign, it gives me a £.

Can you please tell me what's wrong and how i can fix it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

aurelius2000 · 11-06-2009, 11:45 AM

Try reinstalling the driver for the keyboard.

Start->Right Click Computer->Properties->Device Manager->Find Keyboards->Click on Keyboards->Right Click on your keyboard in the list->Go to Properties->Click Uninstal Driver->Restart->Log in and let PnP run to find the device.

Or just update the driver.

Or it might be because you bought it in mumbai? lol jk

11-06-2009, 11:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
answer912 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1 OS: vista	Keyboard characters incorrect Hi! I just bought a Dell XPS laptop three weeks back from Dubai. There seems to be two problems with my keyboard... 1. Pressing Shift+2 gives me " and pressing Shift+' gives me @. The shift functions seem to be reversed with the two keys... 2. Shift+3 does not give me the hash sign, it gives me a £. Can you please tell me what's wrong and how i can fix it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

11-06-2009, 11:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
aurelius2000 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 209 OS: Windows XP SP3/Windows Vista SP2	Re: Keyboard characters incorrect Try reinstalling the driver for the keyboard. Start->Right Click Computer->Properties->Device Manager->Find Keyboards->Click on Keyboards->Right Click on your keyboard in the list->Go to Properties->Click Uninstal Driver->Restart->Log in and let PnP run to find the device. Or just update the driver. Or it might be because you bought it in mumbai? lol jk