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Q&A: Why are some of the keys on my keyboard producing strange characters when I press them?

Posted on August 28, 2021

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Question from Phillip W.:  Rick, I have a Dell laptop with Windows 7 on it and I need your help fixing a problem I’m having with it.

I downloaded a game from a free games website and now some of the keys on my keyboard produce strange characters when I press them.

The letters look normal but they have various punctuation marks added to them almost like I’m typing in a foreign language. How can I fix this?

Rick’s answer:   [Read more…]






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