laptop

[yukka]

i have just bought a used laptop, the chap who i got it from said it has an american key board the keysare nowto get @on you use the shift key and to delete you use backshift, this does work but is he telling me a load of *&^%^&^^&&^ rubbish, can anyone tell me if its true. cheers and thanks.yukka.

[ChuckFickens]

Not the easiest question to read!

american keyboards have a few of the keys indifferent places, the @ sign will be shift and 2 (with the " being where the @ sign would be on a UK keyboard)

backspace and delete are the same for both UK and USA

You won't have a £ symbol

You can change the keyboard layout in windows to the UK layout, then all the keys will be in the correct places for a UK keyboard, but those keys will be labeled incorrectly.

[jason.p]

I have the same trouble with my Dell.
I've found:

£=hash (haven't found hash sign yet!)
"=@
@="

[squarebear]

Jason - you have American settings on your computer. Go into control panel --- Regional and Language options and you can change them in there to English (UK).

[jason.p]

Thanks Squarebear. Sorted!!

[yukka]

cheers Mark, SORRY FOR LATE ANSWER BUT LAPTOP BROKE HAD IT REPAIRED YOUR ANSWER SPOT ON. GREAT CHEERS RAY YOUNG.