What have I pushed?
 

I have pushed a button on my keyboard and i`m getting the other symbols (the blue ones on this keyboard) instead of the key I want so ? comes out as É :o

Re: What have a pushed?
 

My mate had this problem on his Acer laptop. Its control/shift or something like that. Anyway, type in the model and make and problem and google it as I'm sure other people have had this issue.

Re: What have a pushed?
 

I tried googling and all that but it says I have to go into settings to change it, but i wasnt in settings when it changed.

Re: What have a pushed?
 

Restart the computer.

Re: What have a pushed?
 

I do that all the time and never know how to fix it. I think it's something over on the lefthand side of the keyboard. I have a wayward left little finger that presses all the wrong keys.

Does the keyboard icon on the bottom row of the screen say US or Canadian English, or Canadian French?? You don't want French stuff.

Sometimes switching off and on helps.

Sometimes a gin and tonic helps.

Re: What have a pushed?
 

Ièm going to switch on and off, I have a wayward lefty too, it is something over that side. If not Ièll go to the liquor store and get some G&T:rofl: Otherwise everyone will have to put up with éès instead of ?ès - Oh now another key is giving me éééés:eek:

Re: What have a pushed?
 

Is there a little keyboard icon in your menu bar thing... try clicking on that and setting it back to US or UK, could be its managed to set itself in Canadian (French). Failing that go through the control panel to check the keyboard type. Could also be called the "language bar"

I just right clicked on the icon on my notebook and its set to "Auto Adjust". For some reason the Grauniad and a fer other websites like to ply me with French ads from time to time, so I wonder if its not possible that it just changes sometimes without any inadvertent key strokes? Anyway, thats my guess of how to fix it...keyboard icon in the menu bar thing. Its also possible to change it on the Vista log on screen.

Re: What have a pushed?
 

I had the same problem once, which was caused by my shift key stuck down.

Re: What have a pushed?
 

Is there not a sign on the bottom RHS along the task bar that represents the keyboard. Left click your mouse over it to get the options, thats how I recovered it the last time, but G & T is also good, but not on the keyboard.
I am sure that this happens when you hold down certain keys in sequence for a prolonged period (so many seconds!) This can happen after 6 G & T's :rofl:

Re: What have a pushed?
 

I think you will all find that I mentioned the little keyboard icon back in post 5. I imagine you were all diverted by thoughts of G and Ts and wayward pinkies.

Re: What have a pushed?
 

You see what you have doneÉ I now have è and És which is wrong.

Looking for the keyboard icon.

Which was now auto adjust and canadian multi lingual standard. It's now back with the 'mercans. Left click and chose 'US'

Re: What have a pushed?
 

I no longer bother reading other peoples replies. Life is too short.


Except for this reply of course.


As you were...Carry on. Where that bottle of sapphire gone....

Re: What have a pushed?
 

Call yourself a moderator?? sheesh standards boy, standards.

Re: What have a pushed?
 

Everytime!

Re: What have a pushed?
 

Just cos you happen to prefer Tanquaray:rolleyes:

Re: What have a pushed?
 

I do but LCBO keeps selling out so I have to compromise. There's a bottle of Bombay in the freezer right now.

Re: What have a pushed?
 

Aha! I switched off and back on again, had a chat with my mum so the problem seems to have been resolved. After switching back on I did find a little keyboard at the bottom right hand screen and it was set to US - now I've made it disappear, vanished, gone - oh well, i'm not getting funny e's anymore, does that mean I don't need gin now:(

Re: What have a pushed?
 

Are you turning it into a giant gin ice pop?

Re: What have a pushed?
 

Good God no!:eek:

Re: What have a pushed?
 

Phew!:rofl::thumbsup:

Re: What have a pushed?
 

Nooo, daft man, it means that it's at the right temperature for a martini.

I remember that Waitrose used to sell G and T sorbet. (pines)

Re: What have a pushed?
 

There is a really easy solution to this problem:

Buy a mac!
:thumbsup:

Re: What have a pushed?
 

Can't afford one:p

Re: What have a pushed?
 

They still have keys to push, things to click.

My keyboard keeps switching over now and I blame you of course. Can you cope?

Re: What have a pushed?
 

I love your IT skills and the way you explain things. Very refreshing. :D

Re: What have a pushed?
 

I prefer a brolly.

Re: What have a pushed?
 

Now I've got the G&T, I can cope with anything!:thumbsup:

Maybe not cooking supper, but anything else:eek:

Re: What have a pushed?
 

:thumbsup::thumbsup: As long as people understand that's all that matters right????

Re: What have a pushed?
 

Ooh now my keyboard icon is in the middle of the top of my screen - how'd it do that?? I'm sure I didn't get spooky goings on with XP:eek:

Re: What have a pushed?
 

All I know is that since you mentioned it my keyboard keeps changing itself willynilly.

Re: What have a pushed?
 

I'm so sorry, I'll try and retract my spooks, they shouldn't inflicting others:eek:

Re: What have a pushed?
 

After some fiddling,,, it seems that to exorcise these demons you need to press Ctrl and Shift together. Pressing them toggles the keyboard between French and English, at least on my keyboard.

Now all I have to do is to find out how to disable this.

Re: What have a pushed?
 

I tried all that fiddling yesterday - everything seems fine on mine today so I'm not going to start messing with it, in fact I'm putting it all away now until I get home from work...before the temptation get to much for me:eek:

Re: What have a pushed?
 

Every time I press number 8 letter I or letter k the bloody thing beeps why.
Please help :fingerscrossed:

Re: What have a pushed?
 

Is it cos it hurts?