mady028 0 Newbie Poster
i just bought a microsoft wireless keyboard and the question mark and coma are both È how do i swap it back to the english version of the keyboard. its driving me insane not being able to use question marks.
thanks
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Answered by Stepside 0 in a post from 15 Years Ago
People give the wrong advice to this problem all the time. This is how you fix it...you ready?
PRESS SHIFT AND CONTROL AT THE SAME TIME.
Fixed. :)
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Answered by sn0limits 0 in a post from 15 Years Ago
AWSOME!! thank you!
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Answered by notfurlong 0 in a post from 11 Years Ago
Control+shift did't work for me either but control+shift+shift did.
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Answered by Stepside 0 in a post from 10 Years Ago
No worries! Can't believe I posted this 4 years ago lol
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Answered by Sue_1 0 in a post from 10 Years Ago
Switching keyboard back to English. Use same steps to switch back to French.
1. Press- Shift key
2. While still holding down Shift - Press down on Ctrl key-Hold both keys down together, for less then a second.
3.Now release both Shift & Ctrl at the same time.
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hughv 104 Veteran Poster
Check "Regional and Languages" in Control Panel.
See here also:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-022
Stepside 0 Newbie Poster
People give the wrong advice to this problem all the time. This is how you fix it...you ready?
PRESS SHIFT AND CONTROL AT THE SAME TIME.
Fixed. :)
deedarg commented: Great - Thanks for posting it +0
anita.romanoff commented: Thank-you!!! +0
sn0limits 0 Newbie Poster
AWSOME!! thank you!
wowthanksstepsi 0 Newbie Poster
wow thanks stepside
dastur 0 Newbie Poster
Works Great
jephthah 1,888 Posting Maven
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LOL WUT?
WaltP commented: It's bad enough this post has been resurrected 4 times for nothing, but why do you have to keep it alive for this crap? +0
HommeVert 0 Newbie Poster
french haters
you live in Canada, the official language is french, relax!
just press shirt and 6 at the same time. I got used to it!
Vive le Français!
Neneco commented: thanks french haters ??? +0
fatbuns 0 Newbie Poster
homme vert, thank you so freaking much! i was in the middle of writing something, and since i was used to using my english keyboard, at school i always press the thing but it gives the é by just pressing it like normally. thank u so very much :)
flameing earwig 0 Newbie Poster
Hehe mine is wacked to and all i do is press shift and 6 its qiute simple!
careertarget 0 Newbie Poster
You may also press ctrl+shift+shift. This works for my Dell laptop.
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Reverend Jim 5,225 Hi, I'm Jim, one of DaniWeb's moderators. Moderator Featured Poster
I had the same problem with my Dell. There was a (default) hotkey combo set when I installed Windows 7. I disabled it by going to
Control Panel -> Region and Language -> Keyboards and Languages
click on Change Keyboards...
select the Advanced Key Settings tab
You can set or disable the hotkeys here.
eniemeenie 0 Newbie Poster
ctrl + shift do not voooorkkk :@
Bobbydfdfdf 0 Newbie Poster
Merci beaucoup kind sir. This is much appreciated. By the way, I needed to press LSHIFT+RSHIFT+LCTRL.
special_kae420 0 Newbie Poster
I had to press left shit+right shift+left control +right control for my Compaq! Wow what a pain that was! I was in the dark on how to fix it for a long time!
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Dani 4,675 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster Premium Member
You Canadians are weird :-P
spacehindu 0 Newbie Poster
@ Stepside, YOU ARE A GENIUS!
kcocon 0 Newbie Poster
noo eniemeenie... you just press ctrl + shift... then press shift + the button that bears the "?"
Lyann 0 Newbie Poster
I am trying to fix this same issue you had in the past- with the french e instead of the question mark - I always get the fix mixed up!
Samuel de Champ 0 Newbie Poster
thanks i had the problem and now it is fiked
MaureenR 0 Newbie Poster
Press (but don't hold) the left shift and left ctrl buttons at the same time
m3gan 0 Newbie Poster
Alt + shift works. Ctrl+ Shift has NEVER worked for me. I have a logitech keyboard, and I don't know if that matters or not, but Alt+Shift always works for me....
hank9999 0 Newbie Poster
Thanks Stepside, I can't tell you how many links I looked at and how many suggestions I tried before your most simple solution. Thank you, thank you!! So simple - also very easy to accidentally hit that key combination and turn it back on:(
notfurlong 0 Newbie Poster
Control+shift did't work for me either but control+shift+shift did.
notfurlong 0 Newbie Poster
control+shift+shift worked for my Dell desktop.
jackroped 0 Newbie Poster
thanks guys
well i just tried the lshift+lcntrl and it worked...
dell inspiron - canada
Vaani_1 0 Newbie Poster
thx Stepside! Worked for mine! THX again!
Stepside 0 Newbie Poster
No worries! Can't believe I posted this 4 years ago lol
Sue_1 0 Newbie Poster
Switching keyboard back to English. Use same steps to switch back to French.
1. Press- Shift key
2. While still holding down Shift - Press down on Ctrl key-Hold both keys down together, for less then a second.
3.Now release both Shift & Ctrl at the same time.
4 Press down on Shift Key only once again & Release.
Mahnaz_2 0 Newbie Poster
Than you Stepside, Your reply still is useful after 6 years. It fixed my problem.
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