Windows 10: Change characters on keyboard

My keyboard changes characters from ie hash to £.


I started recently.


How do I correct this?

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resetting keyboard symbols

Hi Carol,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I would suggest you to remove English UK and just have the default English US under keyboard input language and check.

Step 1:To keep English US as the default input language and to remove other installed services

a. Type Settings in the search bar and click on the setting symbol on the top right.

b. Click on Time and Languages.

c. Click on Region and Languages.

d. Under the languages tab.

e. Click and Change the language to English US.

Step 2:Use on screen keyboard to type the characters (@, “)

To use on-screen keyboard, follow the steps below.

a. Click on Start; type “On-screen” without quotes and hit Enter.

b. Now check if you’re able to get right characters.

Let us know if it helps or post back for further assistance, we will be glad to help.

 

Keyboard types wrong characters

Hello Hannah,

If you're having issues with your laptop's keyboard, we highly suggest performing the troubleshooting steps in this article:

Mouse, touchpad, and keyboard problems in Windows. If the issue persists, you may also try the suggestions posted by Deepak Kodi in this
thread. Quite a few people found his suggestions helpful.

Let us know if that worked out for you.

 

Keyboard characters changed after upgrading to Windows 10.

Hi Jim,



The above issue might have occurred due to the following reasons:

• Keyboard language and system language set are different.
• Non-updated keyboard drivers.

Before we assist further, did you check if the keyboard layout is similar to the system language set on the PC?



Check if the keyboard layout is set according to the system language appropriately on the PC by following the steps below:

• Click on the added keyboard language on the system tray located next to the date & time settings on the desktop taskbar.
• Check if the layout is similar to the display language added in the settings page.
  
• If not, click on the language icon and select the language layout from the options and check if the changes are effective.

Refer to the link below on How to add an input language to your PC:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/how-to-add-an-input-language-to-your-pc#v1h=tab01



Write to us with the status of the keyboard characters reversed on the PC on the same post for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.