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[ismenin]

HELP! A computer idiot needs your help! If you know a tad more than how to switch it on - the limit of my knowledge - please help!

***UPDATE***THANK YOU, childer, for all your excellent advice. The problem is now solved! Ta, Chris, cariad, it worked! Snoogles you.





Richie, (digigrader), has sorted my ancient gas lap top so that I can write my stories in bed, and also access The Net!! YaY! The prob is that we (the royal we since I know zilch about it) cannot access hotmail becos we cannot get a @ up to type the e mail addy in. Nothing happens when you press the cap key. Either of them. We just get a comma anyway. This is patently not good. Is there any other way to access the @ key apart from pressing these buttons?

Your prize for solving this conundrum will be a slice of cold bread pudding and my everlasting gratitude. *Hugs flist to her heart.*

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

sounds silly but try shift + 2, cause maybe your keyboard is been configured to be US QWERTY

since moving to the UK i have noticed some of the keys are in different spots.

[jesslotr.livejournal.com]

dammit.. need to learn to log in first

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Will get Rich to try that when he surfaces! Thank you!!

[pattilovesviggo.livejournal.com]

Did you fix it? I had some trouble with the £ sign, you can also configure through the *start* menu on languages menu

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

It is working now. See post below. What a palaver - but internet AND hotmail are working. YaY!! ;)

[janejanejane.livejournal.com]

Chris suggests,

"Go to control panel then keyboard and check that its language is English UK. Also check that in Regional and Language it is also set to English UK or British UK dependent on your software. The other thing to check is that in the bottom right tool bar you don't have an icon that allows you to change languages. If there is you can use that to change it if necessary."

Hope you are able to sort it out between you!
xx

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Give that man a Biiiiiig hug. It worked! Snoogles. xxx

[janejanejane.livejournal.com]

Will do! Chris says, "Oh good!"

Glad it worked... Yay!

xx

[foxykc.livejournal.com]

The keyboard might need cleaning. Can Richie get a can of air or a stiff brush or something? It usually means that a particular key is sticking and not depressing sufficiently.

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

We do have air K, but it didn't work, alas. Luckily Rich did what Jane's hubby Chris advised, and Lo! There was light! :D

[yankees-24-11.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm just a loyal follower and admirer of your story Son of the Sun and the trilogy that it's become since the start so many moons ago.
Usually I would say that my knowledge of computers is about on par with yours and the above suggestions are great for actually fixing the problem but a standby should that still not work would be to use the Character Map.

If you're running Windows XP, click on start, all programs, accessories, system tools and finally character map.

Nearly all fonts should have the @ symbol.

Or if worse comes to worse, to even worse than that here's a couple to copy paste: @ @ @

I hope everything works out before you have to resort to that one though.

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Hello, loyal follower! Nice of you to pop in. Thank goodness the prob is solved now, and I have internet..and hotmail..access in the bedroom. Some days are REALLY good! :D

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

btw, great idea abt the cut 'n' paste thing. There are two other computers here, should we get stuck on that sort of thing again! xxx

[forestrane.livejournal.com]

Phew, glad to hear someone was able to solve the problem. Now I've learned something new too. And on a Sunday no less.

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Phew, indeed. And it's been a good day! :D