keyboard blues

[Ellie]

i know it's lame... but i'm having trouble changing my keyboard from american format to u.k. format... can anyone help me?

[penelopeplum]

please reply to me as i am ellie... this is driving me nuts as everytime i want to type ' @ ' i hit ' " '... grr

[NHH]

Hi Ellie.

I'm assuming that you're using Windows XP as it's the most popular OS.

To change your language settings do the following:

• Click Start then Control Panel
  
• In the control panel, open Regional & Language Options. (If your Control Panel is in 'Category View' then first open 'Date, Time , Language & Regional Options'.)
  
• In the 'Regional & Language Options' window, select English (United Kingdom) to change the 'Standards & Formats' section.
  
• Click on the Languages tab and click on the Details button.
  
• In the 'Text Services & Input Languages' window, change the Default Input Language to English (United Kingdom)
  
• Click on the Add button for the 'Installed Services'.
  
• Set the 'Input Language' to English (United Kingdom) and the 'Keyboard Layout' to United Kingdom. Then click OK
  
• Now you can remove the 'United States' entry in the 'Installed Services' box, then click OK.

Windows will now be setup as a UK computer with a UK keyboard.

Vin