Keyboard display unexpected characters

After a reinstall of Windows Vista Edition Family Premium, my keyboard has been changed and now shows the irregular characters. For example, the symbol "to the" has been replaced by double quotes "while the quotes have become.

I have a simple standard PS/2 keyboard with a Microsoft driver. I tried updating the keyboard driver but Windows told me that mine was ' aware' and 'works '.

I would like some advice on how to fix things.

Thank you, Roy.

Your computer is probably configured for several keyboard layouts and a shortcut key was inadvertently pressed that switches between layouts.

Open the control panel and go to the appletregion and language . Of the click thekeyboards and languages tab   Change keyboards. If you want only the US (or other) keyboard, select then delete all others listed in the General tab.

If you need several keyboard layouts, make sure U.S. (or other) is on the top of the list and move to the Advanced key settings tab to change or remove the keyboard shortcuts to switch between keyboard layouts by selecting an option by clicking on Change Key Sequence.

If you have decided to keep several keyboard layouts, make sure that the Language bar is easily accessible from the tab. anchored in the task bar of theLanguage bar is a good bet here. If it is set, the keyboard icon will be present to the left of the Notification area (for example system tray) when the Language bar is docked in the taskbar. This allows you to quickly switch between keyboard layouts.

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