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Setting your computer and keyboard to the right country

A step by step guide on how to change the regional settings on your computer, this will reset your keyboard to the right settings.

Keyboard American but I’m English!

Don’t you hate it, you have just got your new keyboard plugged in and your ready to rock and roll but oh wait the symbols are not the right ones even though the images says it is?!

This is a simple to solve problem you see your computer as the keyboard set to American, we can by first of all going start > control panel, your control panel will look like on of the images below

If it looks like the second one click the switch to classic view in the control panel options (where the arrow points) this will set it back to the view I use. The classic view is a simpler to use view.

Click the regional and language options it’s the logo below also on the top image you can see an arrow pointing to it for you.

This will now open a new pop up that we will use, like the one below,

Where the two arrows point to make sure they are reset to your country since I’m English mine are set to united kingdom, then move to the advance tab, this will change the screen to look like this,

Change the last drop down menu to your country, this will now set everything on your computer including your keyboard back to the right settings, I really hoped this helped.

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