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question mark is Éé and so is comma. my brackettes are ¨¨Çç and my back slash is Àà and my greater than and less than are ' " PLEASE HELP Ièm SICK OF THIS HOW DO I FIX ITÉ

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Symptoms like punctuation producing accented letters (E acute, C cedilla, A grave) usually mean Windows is using a French-style keyboard layout instead of the expected English layout. Quick checks: look at the taskbar language indicator (ENG, FRA, etc.) and try the input switcher (Win+Space) to see if the characters change — that will confirm a layout switch rather than a hardware failure.

Steps to fix permanently (Windows 10/11):

  • Open Settings -> Time & Language -> Language.
  • Under "Preferred languages" select the English entry you want, click Options, then under Keyboards click "Add a keyboard" and pick "US" (or "United States-International" if you need accent support).
  • Remove any French/Canadian keyboards from that same Keyboards list so they cannot be picked accidentally.
  • If you prefer the Control Panel route, open Control Panel -> Clock, Language and Region -> Language -> Advanced settings to reach the same keyboard lists.

Prevent accidental toggles (disable the hotkey):

  • Open Control Panel -> Clock, Language and Region -> Language -> Advanced settings -> Change language bar hot keys.
  • In "Text Services and Input Languages" go to the Advanced Key Settings tab, choose "Between input languages" and click "Change Key Sequence..." then set to "Not Assigned".

Extra tips: open the On-Screen Keyboard to confirm what Windows thinks each key is producing; if the physical keytops are French but you want US output, replacing the layout is correct. If this occurs over Remote Desktop or on the sign-in screen, change the layout on both ends or use the language selector on the sign-in screen. As suggested, confirm which layout and the keyboard model; was right that a hotkey can toggle layouts; and pointed to permanent-change resources — removing the unwanted keyboard layout and disabling the key sequence stops accidental switches.

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I’m in bed about to go to sleep so I can’t really research this now. But all Canadian versions of Windows have a simple key combination that toggles between English and French keyboard layouts. I think it’s Ctrl+Shift or Ctrl+Alt or something like that. I recall this being a question asked before here many years ago but I can’t find it right now.

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