The ~`^' problem

[fun2sh]

i use windows vista home premium on my acer 4710 laptop.
the problem is that wen i press any of these keys - ~`^' anywhere (where i can type) then those respective symbols dont appear on screen until i press any other key. i tried typing these symbols everywhere be it on this forum reply box,notepad n even command prompt but those symbols appears only after i type any other character.

for ex- if i press ` then it will appear only wen i type any other character like a c <spacebar> or the same (or 1among those) keys.

but wen i type these characters in Turbo c++ (it works in vista) then they appears instantly n every key stroke is normal.

is there any bug in vista. DO ANY1 OF U EXPERIENCED THIS????

[QwertyManiac]

Did you change the default fonts?

[fun2sh]

no yaar i didnt change any settings.
i reinstalled vista day before yesterday only and this problem was then too.

[vish786]

i used acer extensa 5210, never faced this problem.

[ravi_9793]

strange problem...why dont U give a try to customer care. :p

[vish786]

acer customer cares suck badly, i had to scold them (use words ) for rude behaviour & not responding properly towards customers.

[infra_red_dude]

Jus change the locale/keyboard layout to US English (or experiment with US International etc.) That will solve the problem, mostly.

[fun2sh]

firstly its not the problem of my laptop keyboard coz as i said those keys works fine wen i type in turbo c++ editor window in vista.
secondly my keyboard layout is in US international format itself and i tried changin to some other layouts too but it didnt help.
ONE MORE THING, THE MANY QUESTION I HAV POSTED ON THIS FORUM OUT OF WHICH ONLY 2-3 HAS BEEN SOLVED :sad:

[infra_red_dude]

turbo c++ works in NT virtual mode for dos apps. When I had this problem in XP I just experimented with the keyboard layout. Finally setting it to US English and playing around wid the Locale settings solved it for me. its not a hardware problem. I had this problem in Ubuntu too. Changing the keyboard layout here, solved the problem again.

[Sykora]

infra_red_dude is right, it is the locale. It waits after you press ~ or ^ because those are used to create accented characters in some locales. Changing it to US en will fix the problem.

[fun2sh]

but changin layouts isnt helpin

[NucleusKore]

but changin layouts isnt helpin
Because you haven't identified your layout properly I guess. Just see this
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927824
Its not for laptops but I guess there is an issue

[fun2sh]

Problem solved by changing the keyboard layout from US INTERNALTIONAL to US.

u guys didnt tell that the RESTART is also required for changin to take place!! so it was not workin for me. now i tried restartin n THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED!!

MODS can lock this thread to prevent unnnecessary CHIT-CHAT N THREAD BUMPIN!! :razz:

[NucleusKore]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah so sorry, I forgot its Windows........Restart, Restart, Restart

[smile]

did u change the fonts

[Cool G5]

^Arrey show khatam ho gaya. :))