What has ha**ened t6 0y 2eyb6ard+ AAARRRGGGHHH

[ShowOfHands]

S60e n40bers and 3etters have swa**ed r64nd as y64 can see.

H6w t6 f5x

He3*

Aaargh.

[Bucharest]

switch off then on again.
happened to me last week, you've activated the minor keyboard whatsit. Turning off then on worked for me.
There's prob a tech way to do it but I wouldn't know!

[ShowOfHands]

Than2 y64. DD been h5tt5ng 2eys.

[ShowOfHands]

Hasn't w6r2ed! A3th64gh, *assw6rd entered a3r5ght t6 t4rn the th5ng bac2 6n.

Anyb6dy e3se s4ggest s60eth5ng+

[ShowOfHands]

need t6 wr5te an 4rgent 3etter. Anyb6dy++

[Bucharest]

oh dear! I'll go and look in the instructions!

[Greyriverside]

Try Numlock if it's a laptop.

Otherwise there may be a thing on the taskbar to select language keyboard layout, but I think it's the num lock thing

[TigerFeet]

Do you have a blue button that says Fn?

Try pressing that if you have

[ShowOfHands]

Fn b4tt6n d6es n6th5ng. Numlock n6t w6r25ng e5ther.

certa5n 3etters 6n3y-

abcdefgh51230n6*qrst4vwxyz

R5ght hand s5de 6f the 2eyb6ard see0s t6 be screwed.

laptop yes

cant f5nd a "thing on the taskbar to select language keyboard layout". Says 5sn't 6ne beca4se haven't added any extra 3ang4ages.

dd been h5tt5ng 2eyb6ard.

[NormaStanleyFletcher]

go to regional and language settings in control pannel.

Select the languate tab and then the text services and input tab. check it thinks your keyboard is english?

[boredveryverybored]

My number lock on my laptop does exactly this.

ye- r5ght s5de 6f 2eyb6ard g6es 0ad w5th n40 36c2!

Maybe yours is stuck on, button broken or something?

[Bucharest]

It is the num lock thing I just tried it and first got the t6 instead of to and then when pressed it again, it all went back.
Have you done it?

[ShowOfHands]

num lock d6es n6th5ng

br62en then.

[Greyriverside]

Ok check if any of your keys are stuck down. Especially the 'special' ones like shift/ctrl/fn etc

Also I think laptop keys tend to have more than one function. Maybe numlock only works after you press FN or something. (I don't have a laptop handy to try it)

Does the numlock light change when you press the numlock button?

[ShowOfHands]

never 4sed numlock s6 n6 5dea wh5ch light sh643d change. can't see any d5scern5b3e d1fference when 5 *ress 5t.

[Flamesparrow]

Yup, tis the fn that causes that... dunno how you lock it though!

[ShowOfHands]

aah numlock light on! Can't get 5t t6 t4rn 6ff!

[Greyriverside]

Well maybe the key has got fluff under it (should see the rubbish that gets in mine) and it's not letting it work. In that case I'd expect rattling the key would do it though.

[ShowOfHands]

Now if you see if you press fn and numLk together, something magical happens.

I quite enjoyed being enigmatic for a time there.

There's a word for when your offspring can accidentally discover something about your computer in 30 seconds of random bashing when 3 hours of studying leaves you baffled. I think it's 'farkingannoyingism'.

Thank you, you wonderful people.

[Greyriverside]

Phew!

[Bucharest]

Glad you sorted it!