If so, you can download the correct driver, IntelliType 8.2 64-bit for Windows 7, from Microsoft’s website. In this case, I’m not sure which keyboard you have, but I suspect it’s a Microsoft Digital Media Pro USB keyboard. If not, you can download one from the supplier’s website. If Windows recognises the keyboard, it may provide one. In these cases, Windows will need a suitable device driver. For example, a “media keyboard” may have extra keys for things like play/pause, volume up, and volume down. Extended keyboardsįurther problems can arise with extended keyboards that provide keys for opening programs or controlling media events that weren’t standard key assignments on typewriters or early computer terminals. It’s very easy to do this by accident, which is probably why so many people hit the £ sign and see a # appear instead. The double-quote (“) and ampersand keys are also swapped.įor future reference, if both UK and US layouts are available, you can swap between them by pressing left alt-shift. UK users want a pound (£) sign, which was not part of the original standard ASCII character set. UK keyboards obviously have a different layout from French and German keyboards, but the most common problems are due to the much smaller differences between UK and US settings. If a key is producing the wrong response, check that Windows has the correct settings for your location and the language used by your keyboard.

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