I haven't got a pound sign

[Keith Rich 10]

On my newish laptop the pound key doesn't work, or at least it doesn't display a pound sign.

 

Anyone know why?

 

Keith

[Guest]

Could be that your Regional and Language options are set to English (US) instead of English (UK). Check in the Control Panel.

[Bonjon 10]

On my newish laptop the pound key doesn't work, or at least it doesn't display a pound sign.

 

Anyone know why?

 

Keith

 

Press shift and alt (holding the shift part first)

[Alastair 12]

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[Keith Rich 10]

Could be that your Regional and Language options are set to English (US) instead of English (UK). Check in the Control Panel.

 

No they are set to English UK Thanks

[Keith Rich 10]

Press shift and alt (holding the shift part first)

 

Nope that doesn't work either.

[edovar 10]

what does come up when you press shift and 3? try removing US english as an option in language selection in case it's using it even though it's not set to. if worst comes to it as a temporary thing you can use on screen keyboard to get pound sign

[zongamin 10]

There are usually two settings, language settings, and keyboard settings. It is the keyboard settings that you will need to change.

[Tyranna 10]

Most standard computer keyboards have both the £ and $ sign over adjacent keys; the real problem is that many don't have the Euro sign, although I know there is some multikey shortcut as far as I remember.

Also, in two common keyboard layout options, symbols such as @ and " can often be transposed, which means taking care not to put a " in an email address!

[pcmick 10]

go to start, control panel ,regional languages,in regional options make sure both drop down boxes say united kingdom then click on languages,details in the drop down box make sure it says english united kingdom.in the box where it says installed services make sure there is only one option english united kingdom if there are other options click on them and remove click apply then ok and then ok again

[Keith Rich 10]

Thanks again, I'll give it a try.

 

Keith

[Yootha 10]

Could it be related to the credit crunch? There's no money left, hence the key's functionality has been disabled.