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  • Jan 1, 2009, 05:11 PM
    jriley2002
    Keyboard typing the wrong characters
    My Gateway Laptop computer types the wrong characters for instance I press the letter o and the number 6 comes up
  • Jan 1, 2009, 06:40 PM
    seahwk83

    It sounds like you have num-lock activated as the O would usually be 6 on the keypad if using numbers

    Don't know on your model, but undo num-lock
  • Jan 1, 2009, 06:46 PM
    bones252100

    3 possibilities:
    1. The keyboard is bad. If in warranty, Gateway will send you a replacement keyboard.
    2. The software may be set up for a different keyboard other than the standard "qwerty" style. Settings... Control Panel... Keyboard.
    3. You can't type worth a flip!
  • Aug 19, 2012, 04:59 PM
    jonathanc99
    Sometimes with these type of errors, you need a tech to re-program or update your drivers. That causes the keyboard to register 6 instead of L or 9 instead of F, and etc.

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