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Inspiron keyboard characters

Apr 10, 2011 7:50AM PDT

I have a new Inspiron N5030 laptop. Some punctuation characters, when typed, appear as French. For example, quotations show as

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So why not
Apr 10, 2011 8:05AM PDT

Head to the control panels and change the keyboard or region?

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Inspiron keyboard fixed
Apr 10, 2011 9:49AM PDT

Many thanks. That simple fix appears to have worked.