Windows 10: Incorrect Keyboard Layout and Unexpected Characters on Physical and On-Screen Keyboard?

Description:I'm experiencing an issue with my laptop keyboard where the layout appears incorrect, causing unexpected characters to be typed. This issue is also visible on the on-screen keyboard as shown in the attached image.Symptoms:Some keys produce special characters instead of standard letters.Certain keys display accented or foreign characters e.g.,&

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Keyboard Layout

"Letters and numbers are all correct, but most of the other signs are misplaced"

This suggests to me that you are using the wrong "keyboard language" for your keyboard, and that therefore you first step would be to determine exactly what language keyboard you have. Possibly have a look at Windows Keyboard Layouts - Globalization | Microsoft Docs.

(The age of any laptop capable of running Windows 10 at all should not be a problem as regards keyboard layout)

 

Keyboard layouts

In Win7 i composed an own keyboard layout, stored it and then could use it in Win7 without problems. But I do not remember how I did t. I still have that layout file as KGDBGR1.dll. that differs from KGBDR.dll through having some more European characters, a paneuropean keyboard. How can I now make Win10 use it? I suppose that I have to add it to the list of available designs, but how? JES