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02-05-2007
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| | Punctuation. >From time to time my quotes, question marks, slashes turn into single quotes like so: " (that is supposed to be AT) Any ideasÉ (that is supposed to be a question mark*..) It does not seem to be app specific, sometimes it is isolated to IE or Firefox or Notepad but nothing consistent. |
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02-05-2007
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| | Re: Punctuation. Do you have the wrong country keyboard setup ? "AF" <af.at.work@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1170682375.645010.260510@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com... >From time to time my quotes, question marks, slashes turn into single quotes like so: " (that is supposed to be AT) Any ideasÉ (that is supposed to be a question mark*..) It does not seem to be app specific, sometimes it is isolated to IE or Firefox or Notepad but nothing consistent. |
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02-05-2007
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| | Re: Punctuation. On Feb 5, 8:44 am, "Simon King" <s...@king-home.co.uk> wrote: > Do you have the wrong country keyboard setup ? > > "AF" <af.at.w...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1170682375.645010.260510@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...>From time to time my quotes, question marks, slashes turn into single > > quotes like so: " (that is supposed to be AT) > > Any ideasÉ (that is supposed to be a question mark*..) > > It does not seem to be app specific, sometimes it is isolated to IE or > Firefox or Notepad but nothing consistent. I thought of that too but it is set to English Canada (US). |
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02-05-2007
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| | Re: Punctuation. I have my keyboard set the same way English Canada (US). Yesterday, the keyboard went screwy and some of the punctuation keys were off. A reboot fixed it. First and only time it happened here so far. Saucy Lemon "AF" <af.at.work@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1170684095.758402.202430@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... On Feb 5, 8:44 am, "Simon King" <s...@king-home.co.uk> wrote: > Do you have the wrong country keyboard setup ? > > "AF" <af.at.w...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1170682375.645010.260510@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...>From time to > time my quotes, question marks, slashes turn into single > > quotes like so: " (that is supposed to be AT) > > Any ideasÉ (that is supposed to be a question mark*..) > > It does not seem to be app specific, sometimes it is isolated to IE or > Firefox or Notepad but nothing consistent. I thought of that too but it is set to English Canada (US). |
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02-05-2007
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| | Re: Punctuation. P.S. You are not using a KVM switch are you? Saucy Lemon "AF" <af.at.work@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1170684095.758402.202430@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... On Feb 5, 8:44 am, "Simon King" <s...@king-home.co.uk> wrote: > Do you have the wrong country keyboard setup ? > > "AF" <af.at.w...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1170682375.645010.260510@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...>From time to > time my quotes, question marks, slashes turn into single > > quotes like so: " (that is supposed to be AT) > > Any ideasÉ (that is supposed to be a question mark*..) > > It does not seem to be app specific, sometimes it is isolated to IE or > Firefox or Notepad but nothing consistent. I thought of that too but it is set to English Canada (US). |
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02-05-2007
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| | Re: Punctuation. Are these switches a problem? I was thinking of installing one. -- Bernard V Liengme www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email "Saucy Lemon" <ytrewq@asdfgflkjhj.com> wrote in message news:ORJd2cTSHHA.5060@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > P.S. You are not using a KVM switch are you? > > Saucy Lemon > > > "AF" <af.at.work@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1170684095.758402.202430@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > On Feb 5, 8:44 am, "Simon King" <s...@king-home.co.uk> wrote: >> Do you have the wrong country keyboard setup ? >> >> "AF" <af.at.w...@gmail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:1170682375.645010.260510@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...>From time >> to time my quotes, question marks, slashes turn into single >> >> quotes like so: " (that is supposed to be AT) >> >> Any ideasÉ (that is supposed to be a question mark*..) >> >> It does not seem to be app specific, sometimes it is isolated to IE or >> Firefox or Notepad but nothing consistent. > > I thought of that too but it is set to English Canada (US). > |
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02-05-2007
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| | Re: Punctuation. Well .. mine saves more time than it looses. Sorry, I can't comment on system availability and KVM switches. Sacuy Lemon "Bernard Liengme" <bliengme@stfx.TRUENORTH.ca> wrote in message news:Oie8moTSHHA.996@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Are these switches a problem? I was thinking of installing one. > -- > Bernard V Liengme > www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme > remove caps from email > > "Saucy Lemon" <ytrewq@asdfgflkjhj.com> wrote in message > news:ORJd2cTSHHA.5060@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> P.S. You are not using a KVM switch are you? >> >> Saucy Lemon >> >> >> "AF" <af.at.work@gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:1170684095.758402.202430@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >> On Feb 5, 8:44 am, "Simon King" <s...@king-home.co.uk> wrote: >>> Do you have the wrong country keyboard setup ? >>> >>> "AF" <af.at.w...@gmail.com> wrote in message >>> >>> news:1170682375.645010.260510@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...>From time >>> to time my quotes, question marks, slashes turn into single >>> >>> quotes like so: " (that is supposed to be AT) >>> >>> Any ideasÉ (that is supposed to be a question mark*..) >>> >>> It does not seem to be app specific, sometimes it is isolated to IE or >>> Firefox or Notepad but nothing consistent. >> >> I thought of that too but it is set to English Canada (US). >> > > |
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02-05-2007
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| | Re: Punctuation. Saucy Lemon wrote: > I have my keyboard set the same way English Canada (US). Yesterday, the > keyboard went screwy and some of the punctuation keys were off. A reboot > fixed it. First and only time it happened here so far. > > Saucy Lemon Did this happen with your "stabler" Vista OS? That's *never* happened with XP. Alias > > > "AF" <af.at.work@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1170684095.758402.202430@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > On Feb 5, 8:44 am, "Simon King" <s...@king-home.co.uk> wrote: >> Do you have the wrong country keyboard setup ? >> >> "AF" <af.at.w...@gmail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:1170682375.645010.260510@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...>From >> time to time my quotes, question marks, slashes turn into single >> >> quotes like so: " (that is supposed to be AT) >> >> Any ideasÉ (that is supposed to be a question mark*..) >> >> It does not seem to be app specific, sometimes it is isolated to IE or >> Firefox or Notepad but nothing consistent. > > I thought of that too but it is set to English Canada (US). > |
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02-05-2007
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| | Re: Punctuation. On Feb 5, 9:57 am, "Saucy Lemon" <ytr...@asdfgflkjhj.com> wrote: > I have my keyboard set the same way English Canada (US). Yesterday, the > keyboard went screwy and some of the punctuation keys were off. A reboot > fixed it. First and only time it happened here so far. > > Saucy Lemon > > "AF" <af.at.w...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1170684095.758402.202430@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > On Feb 5, 8:44 am, "Simon King" <s...@king-home.co.uk> wrote: > > > Do you have the wrong country keyboard setup ? > > > "AF" <af.at.w...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > >news:1170682375.645010.260510@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...>Fromtime to > > time my quotes, question marks, slashes turn into single > > > quotes like so: " (that is supposed to be AT) > > > Any ideasÉ (that is supposed to be a question mark*..) > > > It does not seem to be app specific, sometimes it is isolated to IE or > > Firefox or Notepad but nothing consistent. > > I thought of that too but it is set to English Canada (US). I have rebooted a lot - same thing each time. |
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02-05-2007
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| | Re: Punctuation. On Feb 5, 10:06 am, "Saucy Lemon" <ytr...@asdfgflkjhj.com> wrote: > P.S. You are not using a KVM switch are you? > > Saucy Lemon > > "AF" <af.at.w...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1170684095.758402.202430@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > On Feb 5, 8:44 am, "Simon King" <s...@king-home.co.uk> wrote: > > > Do you have the wrong country keyboard setup ? > > > "AF" <af.at.w...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > >news:1170682375.645010.260510@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...>Fromtime to > > time my quotes, question marks, slashes turn into single > > > quotes like so: " (that is supposed to be AT) > > > Any ideasÉ (that is supposed to be a question mark*..) > > > It does not seem to be app specific, sometimes it is isolated to IE or > > Firefox or Notepad but nothing consistent. > > I thought of that too but it is set to English Canada (US). No KVM switch. |
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