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@ symbol doesn't work,also need to uninstall norton and AOL.

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buel

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Posted January 15, 2012 at 6:35PM

Hi, i've recently used the recovery partition to get my friend's laptop to factory settings. unfortunately, the @ symbol doesn't work or the question mark or the plus symbol. Also the norton antivirus and Aol programmes do not apear in the list of Revo uninstaller programmes. please help.

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted January 15, 2012 at 7:28PM

the @ symbol doesn't work or the question mark or the plus symbol.

probably need to change to English UK - in Control panel regional settings and languages.

Norton Removal tool

AOL cleaner

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buel

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Posted January 15, 2012 at 9:57PM

Thank you Fuit Bat, you are wonderful.

however, oddly all the Language settings all say uk...

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onthelimit1

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Posted January 15, 2012 at 10:54PM

If XP, did you also go to Languages and then Details? That's where you can change the keyboard

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buel

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Posted January 18, 2012 at 7:57PM

hi, Still no luck. Yes everything seems to be 'uk' settings. no at symbol, just this '

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buel

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Posted January 18, 2012 at 9:45PM

Hello anyone/

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buel

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Posted January 18, 2012 at 9:45PM

No question nmark either....

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rdave13

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Posted January 19, 2012 at 12:28AM

Check 'sticky keys' is disabled.

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lotvic

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Posted January 19, 2012 at 1:03AM

When you said you had set everything to UK, Did you do this bit?

Control Panel -> Regional and language Options -> Languages tab -> Click on 'Details' and set both the 'Default input language' and the 'Installed services' (the keyboard) to UK -> click on 'Apply' and 'OK'

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buel

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Posted January 19, 2012 at 9:29PM

hi, yes and i've just double checked it too. Also, ive just been back in to it and removed the US options. no question mark, i get this / no 'at' symbol, i get this '

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buel

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Posted January 19, 2012 at 9:31PM

AAAAARH!

I've just noticed that it is because the left hand shift works but the right one doesn't!!

Sorry everybody!!

Ps- just to prove it- ???@@@@@

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