Computer Hep Please!!!

[The Camel]

My computer has just gone totally tits up.

It was working fine then all of a sudden the keys I pressed on the the right side of the keyboard just came up with totally the wrong characters.

For example if I type i, the number 5 appears and if i type o the number 2 appears..

The left half of the keyboard works fine.

I don't think I pressed anything untoward but I might have.

Can anyone advise what I should do?

Thanks.

[Bongo]

Turn off numlock.

Which would probably be the function key and the one with num lock written on it, but it's been so long since I've used a non mac laptop I couldn't tell you for sure.

[StuartHopkin]

I know its the obvious but have you restarted and its still the same?

Have a spare keyboard you can try?

[outragous76]

start>control panel>keyboard ............... see if there are any settings you can toggle with?

try bongos advice first

[The Camel]

Turn off numlock.

Which would probably be the function key and the one with num lock written on it, but it's been so long since I've used a non mac laptop I couldn't tell you for sure.

Bingo.

I didn't know there was a numberlock key on my keyboard until now.

One day I'll have to find out what all those f keys do, I'm sure I'm missing out on alot!

Thanks guys.

[StuartHopkin]

I know its the obvious but have you restarted and its still the same?

Have a spare keyboard you can try?

Sigh I cant even read.

I wondered why Bongo was talking about numlock if you were pressing 5 and a 2 appeared.

Idiot

[henrik777]

Turn off numlock.

Which would probably be the function key and the one with num lock written on it, but it's been so long since I've used a non mac laptop I couldn't tell you for sure.

Bingo.

I didn't know there was a numberlock key on my keyboard until now.

One day I'll have to find out what all those f keys do, I'm sure I'm missing out on alot!

Thanks guys.

F1 is pretty handy in many situations and way underused.

Sandy

[Jon MW]

Turn off numlock.

Which would probably be the function key and the one with num lock written on it, but it's been so long since I've used a non mac laptop I couldn't tell you for sure.

Bingo.

I didn't know there was a numberlock key on my keyboard until now.

One day I'll have to find out what all those f keys do, I'm sure I'm missing out on alot!

Thanks guys.

F1 is pretty handy in many situations and way underused.

Sandy

Wasn't there a pretty big exploitable bug found in that?

[henrik777]

So there was.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/03/ms_confirms_ie_bug/

Sandy