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Changing Keyboard Layout

  • 24-01-2011 1:54pm
    #1
    Fey!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭


    I'm using Windows 7 64bit, on a Toshiba Satellite laptop.

    Unfortunately I have been unable to change the keyboard layout on it, so my Euro symbol won't work!

    Can someone please tell me where/how to change it?


    I also have a HP all-in-one desktop running Vista, but for some reason it gives me all of it's instructions in Polish (which I unfortunately don't speak). How do I change it back to English, and is it possible to set up different users on the machine with different langauges?

    Thanks.

    D.


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  • #2
    Odaise Gaelach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭Odaise Gaelach


    Fey! wrote: »
    I'm using Windows 7 64bit, on a Toshiba Satellite laptop.

    Unfortunately I have been unable to change the keyboard layout on it, so my Euro symbol won't work!

    Can someone please tell me where/how to change it?

    Windows 7 or Windows Vista
    1. Click Start, type intl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
    2. On the Keyboards and Language tab, click Change keyboards.
    3. Click Add.
    4. Expand the language that you want. For example, expand French (Canada).
    5. Expand Keyboard list, click to select the Canadian French check box, and then click OK.
    6. In the options, click View Layout to compare the layout with the actual keyboard.
    7. In the Default input language list, click English (Ireland) – Irish, and then click OK two times.
    8. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK.
    Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the active keyboard layout.
    9. Click the Language bar, and then click English (Ireland) – Irish.

    Microsoft Help and Support - How to change your keyboard layout

    Fey! wrote: »
    I also have a HP all-in-one desktop running Vista, but for some reason it gives me all of it's instructions in Polish (which I unfortunately don't speak). How do I change it back to English, and is it possible to set up different users on the machine with different langauges?

    Thanks.

    D.

    Is it just some specific software that's in Polish, or the whole of Windows Vista?


  • #3
    petergall
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭petergall


    Hi,
    on the bottom right of your screen is the system tray, just to the left of the expand arrow is the language being used, if you right click on it it allows you to change the settings. Ustawienie is Polish for setting. On your other computer, if you press Alt Gr at the same time as you press the 4 on the top row of numbers, it should give you a €.


  • #4
    Fey!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭Fey!


    Thanks for the answers. My € and @ are now working properly thanks to the advice here.

    The language problem is that my printer instructions and some other things all come up in Polish, while other things work in English. I've tried changing the language settings, but it hasn't helped.

    It's annoying, but it's not stopping me using the machine. I think it's easier just to live with it; if I don't understand something I can just ask SWMBO!!!

    Thanks for all the advice.


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