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Old 08-23-2007, 12:06 PM
kim
 
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I`ve just recieved a new computer XP home SP2 and the keyboard displays the
wrong characters. If I press the @ key I get this " and if I press the pound
key I get this #. How do I find out what my keyboard settings are and how do
I change It to United Kingdom If that`s what I need to do. I went to control
panel and clicked on keyboard properties but was no help.
Thanks for any advice
Kim


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Old 08-23-2007, 04:14 PM
Alias
 
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kim wrote:
> I`ve just recieved a new computer XP home SP2 and the keyboard displays the
> wrong characters. If I press the @ key I get this " and if I press the pound
> key I get this #. How do I find out what my keyboard settings are and how do
> I change It to United Kingdom If that`s what I need to do. I went to control
> panel and clicked on keyboard properties but was no help.
> Thanks for any advice
> Kim
>
>


Date, Time, Language and Regional Options in Control Panel will do the
trick.

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Old 08-23-2007, 04:29 PM
Bob I
 
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Change it in
Regional and Language Options , languages , details

kim wrote:
> I`ve just recieved a new computer XP home SP2 and the keyboard displays the
> wrong characters. If I press the @ key I get this " and if I press the pound
> key I get this #. How do I find out what my keyboard settings are and how do
> I change It to United Kingdom If that`s what I need to do. I went to control
> panel and clicked on keyboard properties but was no help.
> Thanks for any advice
> Kim
>
>


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Old 08-23-2007, 05:23 PM
Ken Blake
 
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"kim" <faked@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> I`ve just recieved a new computer XP home SP2 and the keyboard displays
> the wrong characters. If I press the @ key I get this " and if I press the
> pound key I get this #. How do I find out what my keyboard settings are
> and how do I change It to United Kingdom If that`s what I need to do. I
> went to control panel and clicked on keyboard properties but was no help.
> Thanks for any advice



Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message
separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so just
fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup doesn't get to
see answers from others in another newsgroup. And for those who read all the
newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they see the message multiple
times instead of once (they would see it only once if you crossposted
instead).

If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please do so
by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).



See "What is the accepted way to share a message across multiple
newsgroups?" at http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html




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Old 08-23-2007, 06:12 PM
kim
 
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> Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message
> separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so just
> fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup doesn't get
> to see answers from others in another newsgroup. And for those who read
> all the newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they see the message
> multiple times instead of once (they would see it only once if you
> crossposted instead).
>
> If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please do so
> by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).
>
>
>
> See "What is the accepted way to share a message across multiple
> newsgroups?" at http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html
>
>
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup

Sorry I didn`t mean to cross post but the first one I posted didn`t show up
for a while and I was in a bit of a panic. Thanks for your help every one,
now fixed I think:-) I expect I`ll be back for more help in the near future,
I`ve just migrated from win98se which
i`ve been using for the last 6 years.
Thanks again
Kim


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Old 08-23-2007, 07:00 PM
Ken Blake
 
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"kim" <faked@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>
>
>> Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message
>> separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so
>> just fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup
>> doesn't get to see answers from others in another newsgroup. And for
>> those who read all the newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they see
>> the message multiple times instead of once (they would see it only once
>> if you crossposted instead).
>>
>> If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please do
>> so by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).
>>
>>
>>
>> See "What is the accepted way to share a message across multiple
>> newsgroups?" at http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html



> Sorry I didn`t mean to cross post but the first one I posted didn`t show
> up



You didn't crosspost, you multi-posted. Crossposting, if it's not excessive,
is fine; it's multiposting that's the problem, as I tried to point out
above.

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> for a while and I was in a bit of a panic. Thanks for your help every one,
> now fixed I think:-) I expect I`ll be back for more help in the near
> future, I`ve just migrated from win98se which
> i`ve been using for the last 6 years.
> Thanks again
> Kim
>
>



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Old 08-23-2007, 07:35 PM
kim
 
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>>> newsgroups?" at http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html


> You didn't crosspost, you multi-posted. Crossposting, if it's not
> excessive, is fine; it's multiposting that's the problem, as I tried to
> point out above.
>

Ah, I`ve just read the link you provided and I now understand.
Thanks
Kim


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Old 08-23-2007, 08:37 PM
Ken Blake
 
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"kim" <faked@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>
>>>> newsgroups?" at http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html

>
>> You didn't crosspost, you multi-posted. Crossposting, if it's not
>> excessive, is fine; it's multiposting that's the problem, as I tried to
>> point out above.
>>

> Ah, I`ve just read the link you provided and I now understand.



Good, I'm glad you understand. It's an important difference, as I tried to
explain, but one that's widely misunderstood.

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