Computer Questions (formally Your Desktop)

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I did something to my keyboard that changes the shift function. I can´t find a quêstion mark anymore. It´s = now. Help!

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It´s all in the wrong places, how can I change it back?

Probably your keyboard layout shifted somehow.
I was typing out really long and convoluted instructions when I considered someone would probably have already put that on the web somewhere.

And hey presto!

(If that doesn't solve it, write back in this thread and I'll look some further).

Of course! Quinn was using my laptop yesterday to type something for school, something must have happened then! Haha.

What browser are you using?

That's because every program can have its own keyboard layout associated to it.

Instructions for Vista:
Open Regional & Language options (not the 'keyboard' settings) in the configuraiton panel. The 'Keyboards and Input Languages' tab should have a button that shows you installed keyboard layouts. Remove all from the list that do not match your keyboard layout.

Once the other keyboard layouts are removed, all programs should switch back to the default one.

For some time now I've been using Sygate's Personal Firewall instead of Windows Firewall as my system's firewall. But recently it seems to be playing up and it seems to have been responsible for stopping my connection working (a series of tests with this installed and uninstalled mirrored my ability to connect to sites).

So for the time being I have uninstalled this and switched on Windows Firewall. I know that this isn't ideal as I quite like a firewall to monitor what my PC's outward traffic as well as incoming.

Does anyone have any experience and recommendations of a 3rd party free firewall that I could use? Preferably one that has only limited conflicts with general PC useage. I'm running Windows XP SP3.

BTW, keep it simple!!

http://filehippo.com/download_zonealarm_free/

I used to use Zone Alarm, but it didn't work properly when I tried to install the new norton antivirus.

Quite frankly, it was norton that went off my hard drive.

I've now installed Zone Alarm and I'll see how it goes.

Honestly, i could never understand how that software wasn't deemed illegal already, save for people actually paying for it. That's a crime, srsly.

I used to have Norton - not the whole suite just the anti-virus software - and it was so resource hungry. Slowed down my PC significantly. And when I decided to get rid of it...

It took ages to get rid of the remnants of that programme.

I don't use anti-virus. Last time I had a problem was when I was still using IE, back in 2002 or so.

No, Bregt is right. If you have experience of what you're doing, you don't need one. I know many people who don't have such things too and have no problems. I used to not have an antivirus either until i started doing audio mixings at home and clients brought their portable usb flash memory sticks with them, packed with everykind of virus you can imagine.