Hello:

One of our laptops types numbers instead of letters. Upon examining the
keyboard, we see that a few of the letters do have numbers in the corners of
those keys and those numbers are what are appearing in the screen.

How do we get the keys to type letters, as they normally should, instead of
numbers?

Thanks!

childofthe1980s

Turn NUM LOCK off

It is frequently one of the F keys in the top row.

"Harlan" <Me@mypc.com> wrote in message
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> Turn NUM LOCK off
>

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:05:20 -0800, childofthe1980s
<childofthe1980s@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hello:
>
>One of our laptops types numbers instead of letters. Upon examining the
>keyboard, we see that a few of the letters do have numbers in the corners of
>those keys and those numbers are what are appearing in the screen.
>
>How do we get the keys to type letters, as they normally should, instead of
>numbers?
>
>Thanks!
>
>childofthe1980s
By reading the instruction manual of your Laptop?

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> It is frequently one of the F keys in the top row.


It is SHIFT + Scroll Lock on Thinkpads, on top row.

ss.

I'm well aware of that as an option, sir. My question leans more toward "is
there a universal way of turning off this functionality"? If not, then fine.
We will contact Dell.

"PaulMaudib" wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:05:20 -0800, childofthe1980s
> <childofthe1980s@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Hello:
> >
> >One of our laptops types numbers instead of letters. Upon examining the
> >keyboard, we see that a few of the letters do have numbers in the corners of
> >those keys and those numbers are what are appearing in the screen.
> >
> >How do we get the keys to type letters, as they normally should, instead of
> >numbers?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >childofthe1980s
> By reading the instruction manual of your Laptop?
>
>

People complain about long phone queues, and it is people like you who are
too lazy to read the manual or google, who cause these queues.




"childofthe1980s" <childofthe1980s@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> I'm well aware of that as an option, sir. My question leans more toward
> "is
> there a universal way of turning off this functionality"? If not, then
> fine.
> We will contact Dell.
>
><snip>

I have never seen an option to disable that functionality in Windows.

"childofthe1980s" <childofthe1980s@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:6DA75727-CB28-4469-9E27-F6234DDFAA25@microsoft.com...
> I'm well aware of that as an option, sir. My question leans more toward
> "is
> there a universal way of turning off this functionality"? If not, then
> fine.
> We will contact Dell.
>
> "PaulMaudib" wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:05:20 -0800, childofthe1980s
>> <childofthe1980s@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Hello:
>> >
>> >One of our laptops types numbers instead of letters. Upon examining the
>> >keyboard, we see that a few of the letters do have numbers in the
>> >corners of
>> >those keys and those numbers are what are appearing in the screen.
>> >
>> >How do we get the keys to type letters, as they normally should, instead
>> >of
>> >numbers?
>> >
>> >Thanks!
>> >
>> >childofthe1980s
>> By reading the instruction manual of your Laptop?
>>
>>