Help!! Ive lost my "at" symbol....
30-08-2007, 22:41
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Help!! Ive lost my "at" symbol....
On this temp keyboard (dont ask) its supposed to be "shift / apostrophe" but dosnt work (nor does apostrophe as Ive just noticed) nor does the old "shift / 2" trick work.
Any ideas?
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30-08-2007, 22:44
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Re: Help!! Ive lost my "at" symbol....
Just check that your computer hasn't reverted to an American keyboard by default. The keys most affected are ~#/\?.
Just a thought.
Si thee
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30-08-2007, 22:45
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Re: Help!! Ive lost my "at" symbol....
In the control panel under regional and language options is everything set to English (United Kingdom)
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30-08-2007, 22:47
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Re: Help!! Ive lost my "at" symbol....
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30-08-2007, 22:50
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Re: Help!! Ive lost my "at" symbol....
Cheers for the tips guys - already set to english (UK).
Big up to foreverhelpful for the temp fix!!
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30-08-2007, 22:51
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Re: Help!! Ive lost my "at" symbol....
Just sounds like the keyboards busted to me give it a blow perhaps lol
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30-08-2007, 22:52
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Re: Help!! Ive lost my "at" symbol....
Quote:
Originally Posted by zinglebarb
Just sounds like the keyboards busted to me give it a blow perhaps lol
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31-08-2007, 14:51
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Re: Help!! Ive lost my "at" symbol....
Here, copy this: @
Hope it gets fixed, and what happened to the other one?
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31-08-2007, 14:55
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Re: Help!! Ive lost my "at" symbol....
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Originally Posted by Mr Angry
Cheers for the tips guys - already set to english (UK).
Big up to foreverhelpful for the temp fix!!
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If you want a quicker temp fix, you can do this:
1. Make sure num lock is on
2. Hold down alt
3. Press 6 then 4 on the right keypad (with the arrows)
4. Release alt
At least until you get another keyboard 
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31-08-2007, 14:57
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: Help!! Ive lost my "at" symbol....
Wow - what a cool trick; good find, Gavin.
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31-08-2007, 15:00
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Re: Help!! Ive lost my "at" symbol....
No worries.
You can find a full table of codes here: http://www.asciitable.com/
---------- Post added at 14:00 ---------- Previous post was at 13:58 ----------
p.s. if you want to do backspace/delete, you need to do 08 instead or 8.
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01-09-2007, 09:19
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Re: Help!! Ive lost my "at" symbol....
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gavin
If you want a quicker temp fix, you can do this:
1. Make sure num lock is on
2. Hold down alt
3. Press 6 then 4 on the right keypad (with the arrows)
4. Release alt
At least until you get another keyboard |
Ahh - olde stylee ASCII codes - used to use them all the time!
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02-09-2007, 00:16
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Re: Help!! Ive lost my "at" symbol....
have you ahd a new keyboard recently or installed windows / reinstalled it
You may actually have an american keyboard with the english language on it
If you @ is located above the 2 then it is an american layout
see the images below...
United States Keyboard:
British Keyboard:
United States International Keyboard:
Image source: Wikipedia
Hope this helps
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02-09-2007, 11:44
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Re: Help!! Ive lost my "at" symbol....
You could use your on screen keyboard to show you which key is denoted as @.
When you click shift the @ lights up as far as i recall(in xp)
Of course, changing it to a gb keyboard is a much better idea
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05-09-2007, 12:39
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Re: Help!! Ive lost my "at" symbol....
Failing all that just get back to letter writing instead of emailing everyone, lol
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