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    Jun 14, 2007, 02:39 PM
    Keyboard keys type numbers not letters
    Trying to correct the keyboard typing the numbers under the letters. Help
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    Jun 14, 2007, 03:19 PM
    You probably have a laptop and pressed the function key along with the num key which causes your keys to change role (from letters to a number pad). Try pressing the Function key and the num key to get rid of this.
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    May 20, 2009, 02:25 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by cajalat View Post
    You probably have a laptop and pressed the function key along with the num key which causes your keys to change role (from letters to a number pad). Try pressing the Function key and hte num key to get rid of this.
    Thanks a bunch! I just signed up for the site to say that, since it has been driving me nuts for the past week :mad: of course, having a malfunctioning keyboard makes you really hate character map when googling potential fixes. Cheers :D
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    Jun 6, 2010, 09:55 AM
    I HAVE A gateway and the same thing happened to me... to fix this problem... just press on the ( fn) key and the (scroll) key,, this fixed it for me... hope this helps
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