Keyboard producing different keys from the ones typed

Keyboard producing different keys from the ones typed

It seems that it modifies the layouts of your keyboard for different languages, that’s why the characters that displays on your monitor does not match up the characters that you pressed on the keyboard.  The main function of the keyboard layout is that it manages what characters to display on your screen whenever a certain key is pressed on the keyboard.

This keyboard layout also allows you to use all the characters for the desired language. To fix this issue, select your operating system and follow the steps.

For Windows XP

1. Access the control panel on start menu.
2. Select switch to classic view found at the left pane if your default setting is category view.  Classic View shows all the options that you can select.
3. Locate Regional and Language Options.
4. From the window, select the “Languages” tab
5. Select the “Details” button, another window will appear.
6. On the “Settings” tab, under Installed services, click “Add” button.
7. An “Add Input Language” window will appear.
8. From the drop down menu, select an Input language and Keyboard layout/IME that you want.
9. Click the “OK” and “Apply” button

For Windows Vista

1. Access the control panel on start menu.
2. Switch to “Classic view” and select “Regional and Language Options”
3. Select Keyboards and Language tab and click the Change Keyboards.
4. Under “Text Services and Input Languages” select “General” tab and click default input language drop down menu and choose the desired language to use.
5. If you can’t find the language under “secondary language” click “Add”. From the drop down menu, select an Input language and Keyboard layout/IME that you want.
6. Click the “OK” and “Apply” button

For Windows 7

1. Go to Start menu and select control panel.
2. Select the “Region and Language” from the icon lists.
3. Select the “keyboards and Languages” tab.
4. Click “Change keyboards” button.
5. Under "Input Language" and select "Add" button to select from the list of the "Add Input Language"
6. Click the OK button twice.

1. Another way is, from the task bar select the Language bar and choose an "input language" for the keyboard layout you will use.
2. Or by pressing the ctrl+alt+delete, on the screen menu select the "Keyboard layout" from the list and select input language" for the keyboard layout you will use.

If none of this works, you have to conduct a system repair on your computer. A repair will restore the original system files of your computer with your windows installation CD. It will not affect the installed applications and your files when doing a windows repair.