@ key not working

[philip j fry]

Hi as the title say realy , i did a fresh install of xp on a friends pc all went well then for some reason his @ key did'nt work ( have done quite a few installs but have never come across this before ), i had a look in case i forgot to change to uk layout but thats all fine.
In the end i got him to buy a new keyboard and guess what its the same on that 1 aswell , this has stumped my a bit because the shift key works with every other key it's just the @.
Am i missing something simple here ? , has anyone else come across this problem ?.

Thanks for yor help in advance

Steve

 

[philip j fry]

No shift and 2 came up as it should with " and is definitly in uk layout .
He has also tried another old keyboard he had at home and thats the same so 3 boards in total with the same problem.

 

[philip j fry]

As far as i know they were pluged in the same slot , would have thought there would have been more issues if the usb slot was doggy though , cant hurt to try i guess.
Will let you know
Cheers