Weird Symbols appearing when I type

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MizuRyuu

When I type symbols, sometimes these weird symbols appear instead (example
below). This does not appear all time time, but when it does, the only way to
fix it seem to be a reboot of my computer. This is not very feasible option
as I am sometimes heavily involved in my task and a reboot would cause
problem in my work. Hopefully, someone would be able to help me fix this
problem

when I try to type the following

[]\;',./{}|:"<>?

The following appear instead:
^çà;è,.é¨ÇÀ:È'"É


Since this problem never happen in my Window XP computer, I am assuming that
this is limited to vista

This problem doesn't always appear... sometimes it is only happening in my
firefox, but sometimes the bug would appear no matter where i type in
vista....

Originally, I thought this problem is limited to my desktop, but it has
recently started appearing in my laptop too....
 
When I type symbols, sometimes these weird symbols appear instead (example
below). This does not appear all time time, but when it does, the only way to
fix it seem to be a reboot of my computer. This is not very feasible option
as I am sometimes heavily involved in my task and a reboot would cause
problem in my work. Hopefully, someone would be able to help me fix this
problem

when I try to type the following

[]\;',./{}|:"<>?

The following appear instead:
^çà;è,.é¨ÇÀ:È'"É


Since this problem never happen in my Window XP computer, I am assuming that
this is limited to vista

This problem doesn't always appear... sometimes it is only happening in my
firefox, but sometimes the bug would appear no matter where i type in
vista....

Originally, I thought this problem is limited to my desktop, but it has
recently started appearing in my laptop too....
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I don't have an answer to why it's happening, but I can tell you that
I've been running Vista for almost two years--since RTM in November
2006--and it's never occurred here. The problem is almost certainly
not caused by Vista itself, but by some other software that you happen
to be running Under Vista.
 
Kind of looks like Russian.

Rick Rogers said:
Hi,

Have you checked your settings in the Control Panel/Regional and Language
options/Keyboards tab?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

MizuRyuu said:
When I type symbols, sometimes these weird symbols appear instead
(example
below). This does not appear all time time, but when it does, the only
way to
fix it seem to be a reboot of my computer. This is not very feasible
option
as I am sometimes heavily involved in my task and a reboot would cause
problem in my work. Hopefully, someone would be able to help me fix this
problem

when I try to type the following

[]\;',./{}|:"<>?

The following appear instead:
^çà ;è,.é¨Ã?Ã?:Ã^'"Ã?


Since this problem never happen in my Window XP computer, I am assuming
that
this is limited to vista

This problem doesn't always appear... sometimes it is only happening in
my
firefox, but sometimes the bug would appear no matter where i type in
vista....

Originally, I thought this problem is limited to my desktop, but it has
recently started appearing in my laptop too....
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Those are all characters for the French language. I initially installed the
"Canadian English" version, but unfortunately, Microsoft apparently thinks
we all speak and write French up here. I changed to "American English", but
the French characters do reappear, just as they have for you, on occasion.
Somehow, the two versions of English become muddled sometimes.

It's a Vista problem, not caused by other software.

The cure is to reboot, or — sometimes — it will go away on its own.
Frustrating.
LesleyO
 
Hello, Nigel - Thanks for the suggestions; it doesn`t happen often but
drives me nuts! And having typed that, I notice that the apostrophe has
changed into a French accent ague, so it`s happening right now! Slash is é,
question mark is É, backslash is < and vertical line (whatever the correct
name is for it) is >! Where the apostrophe goes, I`ve no idea.... ;)

Lesley
 
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