Hash key problem

[Bytz]

Hi, my hash key has stopped working, in that the key itself is not broken (since shift+hash still produces the tilde symbol ~) but windows just doesn't produce a hash sign when the key is depressed any more. I don't know if it's been remapped.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks.

[AnnMarie]

Hi Bytz, have you tried using a different keyboard to be certain that the problem is not caused by your keyboard?

[Bytz]

no, its on my laptop

cheers

[AnnMarie]

You can plug a regular keyboard into the back of it.

[Bytz]

Actually, I can't - there's no additional keyboard input socket. Also, I really just want to get this problem fixed intead of a workaround which is pretty cumbersome having to take an extra keyboard everywhere just for one button.

Also, I've tried reassigning the hash key to for example "a" or "b" and the hash key works fine, outputting "a" and "b" correctly proving that the key still functions fine, just when it comes to outputting a hash symbol it comes out as nothing. I've even tried reassigning the hash key to the hash symbol but it still doesn't work, so it's not a hardware problem, it's a software thing.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks

[AnnMarie]

No I didnt intend use of an external keyboard to be a workaround, it was just to test to see if the problem was hardware related.

This sounds like a Dvorak keyboard with British layout? If so, make sure that you have selected the appropriate language and keyboard layout options. See here (http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/765a7264-b593-4458-90cf-0d0713b5dfe61033.mspx) for more help.