keyboard problem

[paufor]

Mykeyboard decided suddenly to malfunction - it started with the 2 key doing 2 then whenI wanted the appostrophiesitcame up with @ then the number 3 did not do thepound sign but the # and then the ' key did the " andthen the # decided todo \ and |.
I thought the keyboard had packed inso bought another
and lo and behold it does the same. Does anybody have any idea what causes this. Is it something in the computer. I have done all the basic checks, it has me
baffled as I havent heard of the problem before. Anybody any ideas,your help wouldbe appreciated.

[VHG]

It sounds like you have your keyboard and environment in windows set up for the USA not the UK (their characteras are in a different place)

In Windows XP you go into the Control Panel and find "Regional and Language options".

In XP, within Regional and Language options, there are FIVE places where you need to change US to UK.

Make sure the UK keyboard is installed under "Installed Services" and make it is the default keyboard, and not the US one.

Not sure how you do it in Vista as I dont have one to hand.