If your keyboard problem is not covered here, please post details of your issue below. In Windows, search for and open Device Manager.

Press F5 to load the default settings, and then press F10 to accept the changes.

Select the ‘ Keyboards and Languages‘ tabĬhoose the required input language/ keyboard layout, if the one you require is not listed, select the ‘Add’ button To continue using the notebook, connect a USB wired keyboard to a USB port, and then restart the computer.

Go to Start > Control Panel > Region and Languages.

If your keyboard problem relates to the wrong characters appearing on screen when you hit certain keys, then you may simply have the incorrect input language selected for your keyboard.

If you are still having problems with your keyboard then we would recommend running a free Drivers Scan of your PC. Then go ahead and select the new Language option. To save a few clicks, switch to the Small icons view. The first thing we need to do is launch the classic Control Panel, you can do this by pressing the Win + R keyboard combination and selecting Control Panel from the context menu. The first thing is to try deleting all entries under keyboards (we would always advise creating a restore point before doing this – if you prefer to use a Driver Update Tool that will let you create restore points), to do this: Changing Your Keyboard Layout in Windows 8 or Windows 10. If the new/ borrowed keyboard presents the same issues as your original one, then your issue is likely to be software-related.

Depending on what specific problems you have been experiencing (sticky keys, some keys not working etc.), you can try cleaning the keyboard paying particular attention to dust and particles that may have lodged between the keys. The simplest way to determine this is to try plugging in a different keyboard (borrow one you know works well on another PC), if there are no problems with the new keyboard then the issue is likely to be with your keyboard. If you are running Windows 7 and experiencing problems with your keyboard then your first step should be to determine if the problem is with the keyboard hardware itself.

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