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Old 05 April 2009, 05:21 PM
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Got a new laptop but it won't let me type in the at symbol for my email address. When I press shift and the key " just comes up.
Old 05 April 2009, 05:23 PM
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You've got the keyboard set to US settings.

Assuming its windows, got to control panel, keyboard and chnage it there to UK.
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Cheers Simon but when i go to control panel there's nothing for keyboard
Old 05 April 2009, 05:37 PM
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Input devices??

I'm geting lost trying to do this from memory as I don't have a windoze box here. (I switched to Mac)
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Start... Control Panel... Regional and Language Options.
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lol its set up for the wrong region of keyboard settings , you will find shift and the number 2 will be the @ sign.

but as said above , start / control panel then regional and language settings.

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Cheers all thats fixed now. Shame it keeps turning off on it's own now.
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