Try going to Start,Settings, Control Panel, Keyboard, Language, Properties and select the keyboard of your choice.
Be sure you have the language set to your country or English too.
Bob
I have a funky keyboard problem which I have never seen. When I type in the symbol @, instead I get ". Since the original ( a cheapy ) was crap I got another keyboard and the same bleeping problem. I re-installed the driver but no luck.
System; win 7 premium
cpu intel 980x six core
gpu nvidia gtx 470 x 2
12 gb ram
1000w psu
liquid cooled
any input would be appreciated.

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