Vista - Keyboard alternate characters

10-11-2007

On my laptop there are red characters on the keys that I never use.
Ocasionally I find the keyboard set to use these characters and I don't know
how I activated this or how to get back to the original settings. Please
help.

10-11-2007

Didn't your laptop come with a manual?
Who is the manufacturer? Maybe someone could help if they knew what kind it
was.

"Ozone" <Ozone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> On my laptop there are red characters on the keys that I never use.
> Ocasionally I find the keyboard set to use these characters and I don't
> know
> how I activated this or how to get back to the original settings. Please
> help.

10-13-2007

This may happen because of various reasons.
Your laptop may be equipped with a program installed by your laptop's
manufacturer, enabling these keys with a preset key combination you may
have inadvertendly accessed.
Laptops often also have two keyboard layouts installed, switching between
these two usually happens by holding the Ctrl key, and then pressing the
Shift key once.
You can test this behaviour by typing in notepad to see if Ctrl+Shift
layout switching is enabled on your machine.

Also check with your laptop's manufacturer.

=?Utf-8?B?T3pvbmU=?= <Ozone@xxxxxx> wrote in
news:68BD3B83-5CDE-4433-B757-86ADE95E0366@xxxxxx:

Quote:

> On my laptop there are red characters on the keys that I never use.
> Ocasionally I find the keyboard set to use these characters and I
> don't know how I activated this or how to get back to the original
> settings. Please help.

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10-11-2007	#1 (permalink)
Ozone n/a posts	Keyboard alternate characters On my laptop there are red characters on the keys that I never use. Ocasionally I find the keyboard set to use these characters and I don't know how I activated this or how to get back to the original settings. Please help.
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10-11-2007	#2 (permalink)
Dave n/a posts	Re: Keyboard alternate characters Didn't your laptop come with a manual? Who is the manufacturer? Maybe someone could help if they knew what kind it was. "Ozone" <Ozone@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:68BD3B83-5CDE-4433-B757-86ADE95E0366@xxxxxx Quote: > On my laptop there are red characters on the keys that I never use. > Ocasionally I find the keyboard set to use these characters and I don't > know > how I activated this or how to get back to the original settings. Please > help.
My System Specs

10-13-2007	#3 (permalink)
Ace n/a posts	Re: Keyboard alternate characters This may happen because of various reasons. Your laptop may be equipped with a program installed by your laptop's manufacturer, enabling these keys with a preset key combination you may have inadvertendly accessed. Laptops often also have two keyboard layouts installed, switching between these two usually happens by holding the Ctrl key, and then pressing the Shift key once. You can test this behaviour by typing in notepad to see if Ctrl+Shift layout switching is enabled on your machine. Also check with your laptop's manufacturer. =?Utf-8?B?T3pvbmU=?= <Ozone@xxxxxx> wrote in news:68BD3B83-5CDE-4433-B757-86ADE95E0366@xxxxxx: Quote: > On my laptop there are red characters on the keys that I never use. > Ocasionally I find the keyboard set to use these characters and I > don't know how I activated this or how to get back to the original > settings. Please help. -- Reply to newsgroup please. Your mileage may vary. *Spelling/Grammar errors free of charge.
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