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Asked Dec 13, 2007, 01:13 PM — 3 Answers
My keyboard is typing up pure gibberish and messing up the keys.

When I try to type a question mark, it comes out as

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Dec 13, 2007, 01:59 PM
More than likley, someone switch the language of the operating system and the PC is using the wrong code pa=ge character map.

See if you can go under the control panel and set the correct language then shut down . After the shut down, re POST the PC and see what happens.
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Dec 13, 2007, 02:47 PM
I've tried resetting the default language back to U.S Englishand shutting down and starting up the computer again, but it is still typing the same way.
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Dec 13, 2007, 02:52 PM
Try this

Press SHIFT + ALT (hold shift, then press alt, then let go of both...also, use the ones on the left side of the keyboard)

Then try typing. If it types the same characters, then yeah...my advice doesn't work.

If it types a different type of characters, then keep pressing SHIFT ALT until it gets back to english.
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