Keyboard problems

Kanpai · 1 Apr 2012 at 16:30

Right so basically a friend of mine is having a problem using French on their keyboard in Firefox/Skype and other online software. The problem is whenever they try to insert a special character such as é the shortcut is ^ + e. However It keeps doing this instead ^^ + e and thus doesn't work. This doesn't happen in Office or notepad but only on online programs.

Tried to uninstall drivers etc but no luck, win7 keyboard/language settings are correct and no changes have been made there. Tried different usb ports too and a diff comp on which it works so it's Windows itself.

OS is Windows 7 Pro x64 with Logitech G110 keyboard

Any idea what this could be and how to fix it? Any help would be appreciated.

TIA

CinderzFTW · 1 Apr 2012 at 17:16

Word etc will always compensate for foreign keyboards when they are set in UK standards. But I think online, the keyboard will always go back to its original set up of idiotic key placements.

Kanpai · 1 Apr 2012 at 17:29

Hmm that sucks to be honest. It just happened randomly though, it was working fine before and then it suddenly stopped working.

CinderzFTW · 1 Apr 2012 at 17:30

hmm... try and find some driver/software it uses... updating to the newest/latest UK drivers may help.

Kanpai · 1 Apr 2012 at 17:43

Think you misunderstood mate, French (Belgian) is the default one they want. Tried updating drivers/software but no luck

CinderzFTW · 1 Apr 2012 at 17:44

AH! Got you now.

Erm, I am not sure then dude.

Sorry I got it wrong lolz

Kanpai · 1 Apr 2012 at 17:48

No worries, thanks for your help anyways

CinderzFTW · 1 Apr 2012 at 17:48

Ah its ok... I will blame myself mind, I am not wearing my glasses lol

Deception · 1 Apr 2012 at 20:53

Have you got the french language for the keyboard installed? Should be able to check in Control Panel -> Region and Language and the keyboard tab. Once its added right click on the task bar and go toolbars and language bar. This should put a button on the taskbar, which you can use to see which language the keyboard is currently set to.

olivier renault · 1 Apr 2012 at 22:56

ignore. Was suggesting keyboard regional settings, but seems you tried already.

Kanpai · 1 Apr 2012 at 23:12

Thanks for the help guys, problem fixed! Turns out there was a toolbar that was blocking the French keyboard from working correctly, uninstalled it and works fine now!