Thanks for hanging-in Dennis. I'll give this a go when I get home, but that won't be until tomorrow night. It seems that putting a UK version of XP onto a computer made for the Australian market is the problem. The keys are in the Aussie locations, but XP thinks they represent different symbols. Cheers, Robyn On Mon Jul 28 1:43 , "Dennis Turner" sent: >Hi Robyn > >Not wanting to be beaten by a pesky computer, I Googled "change Keyboard" >and discovered this page >http://www.wikihow.com/Change-Your-Keyboard-from-American-to-English which >seems to do just what it says on the tin can if one substitutes the >appropriate languages. > >I tried it and it worked for me so not so mysterious after all.((;-) > >Hope it works for you. > >RecumbentDennis in Chester UK > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Robyn Waymouth" waymouth@ihug.com.au> >To: gen-comp-tips@rootsweb.com>; "'Dennis Turner'" >me@recumbentdennis.org.uk> >Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 1:22 PM >Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] @ & ' > > >Hi Dennis, >That's what I did. I expected it to work, but the keys are still giving me >the >wrong symbol. >Mysterious... >Robyn > >-------------------------------------- >Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at gen-comp-tips-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-COMP-TIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >)