Microsoft keyboard types wrong letters

[AK_Chopra]

I'm using a Microsoft keyboard and i had installed Windows Xp as my operating system. Now the problem is that when i used my keyboard for typing, it shows the wrong letters on my desktop screen. I don't know but its strange to have such difficulty on my pc. Can any body tell me that why does my Keyboard types wrong letters? Does any body knows about this issue? Kindly provide me the correct solution in order to resolve the above issue.

[Hardwareman]

Even i was facing the same issue on my system. In order to get rid of the above issue, you need to hit the NUM Lock key as well as the SCRN Lock on your laptop. That will surely resolve your problem.

[Maxforu]

Have you set your keyboard language to UK or US? For that you need to go into the control panel and click on Regional and Language Options. Then you need to click on the Languages tab and afterwards click on Details button. Then you need to check mark in the box to make sure that you select the appropriate language let say, English (United State) and under Keyboard you have United State. If this is what you prefer.

[Killen]

To resolve this issue, remove all instances of keyboards other than the standard US keyboard. To do this, follow these steps.

NOTE: If you press NumLock on the keyboard of certain Dell portable computers, this makes different characters available when you type. To make the keyboard revert to its standard functionality, press FUNCTION+NumLock.

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Regional and Language Options.
3. Click the Languages tab.
4. In the Text Services and Input languages pane, click Details.
5. In the Installed Services pane, click any keyboard listed other than US, and then click Remove.
6. When the confirmation message appears, click Yes.
7. Repeat step 5 until all listed keyboards except US are removed.