Symptoms
You may notice that certain keys output an incorrect character/symbol is generated when typing in certain programs in Windows 7.
Cause
An unintentional key stroke sequence may have invoked a different keyboard output language.
Resolution
Please use the following steps to change your keyboard layout in Windows 7.
- Go to Control Panel > Region and Language > Keyboards and Languages Tab.
- Click "Change Keyboards".
- In the "Text Services and Input Languages Window", click the "Advanced Key Settings" Tab.
- In the "Hot keys for Input Languages" section, highlight: "To English (United States) - US".
- Click: "Change Key Sequence...".
- Check the box for "Enable Key Sequence" and make note of which keys are used (Example: Ctrl + 0).
- Close all Windows and open the program in which the keys are outputting wrong characters.
- Initiate the key sequence noted from step 6.
- Keyboard output should now be English (United States) for all keys/characters.
***HELPFUL LINKS***
Windows 7 - Change Your Keyboard Layout (alternate method from process above)
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