My Pound Sign Has Vanished

[sten102]

I suddenly am unable to key in a pound sign on my keyboard - it shows # instead. Also the 'at' sign has become "
Online suggestions are that I've got a US keyboard setting, but I have checked the Language in my Control Panel and it shows 'English (UK)' as enabled, so what's happened?! I'm using Windows 10. Thanks!

[hc4361]

Have you clicked the icon next to your clock? What does it say?

[Jackdaw33]

Until you get it sorted you can always get the £ sign by holding down the alt key and typing 156 on the number pad at the right of the keyboard.

[Jackdaw33]

For the @ ALT + 64

[Togo]

http://windowsitpro.com/systems-management/how-do-i-configure-default-keyboard-layout-during-login
This may help sten.

[Jackdaw33]

For anyone who is interested this is a useful site for creating both standard and non-standard characters via the ALT key.

http://www.irongeek.com/alt-numpad-ascii-key-combos-and-chart.html

[Togo]

Are you using a Danish keyboard sten?

[Togo]

From the issue description, it seems like you are using the “English” keyboard layout on the computer with the Danish keyboard hardware and that is the reason why “?” mark appears as the “_” symbol. On “English” keyboards, the “?” mark is available at the same place where you have the “_” symbol on the Danish keyboard.



So, I would suggest you to add the “Danish” keyboard layout and then switch the current keyboard layout to “Danish” on the computer and check if that resolves the issue. Please refer to the Microsoft Help article given below and then follow the instructions under the section.
Then use the link I posted earlier and use Danish location number.

[Canary42]

You're lucky it's only the sign - in my case actual £s keep vanishing ;-)