keys are typing in code?

[ksb187]

I don't know what I hit, but I'm actually typing this from my husband's computer because I can't type anything from my computer now. When I type "t" it comes out t5. Then I hit backspace and it comes out with dashes. Nothing is what it is supposed to be. I have a Satellite Toshiba laptop and it runs Windows XP. I tried to reboot, but then I ran into another problem. I couldn't type in my password to let me back into Windows. Everytime I type "R" it shows that I typed 2 letters in the password screen. My mom said I might have numlock on, but as far as I can tell, it isn't on and even when I press function F11 it doesn't seem to do anything. I still have some kind of code enabled. How do I go back to regular typing?

[ksb187]

Even if someone can tell me what to search, that would be helpful. I can't find any information about this as I don't even know what it is or how I turned this code thing on. If this has been posted before, please forgive me and send me to the link.

[2x3i5x]

I'm wondering if you have a regular keyboard (the ones coming with standard desktop computers) and try plugging that into the laptop. See if this works. If it does, you can get back to your own laptop and keep on using it while you are looking for a way to fix your laptop's keyboard.

[BC_Programmer]

My old thinkpad does this.... or it used to, before it stopped booting altogether.

In my case, it was a system board failure. However, it's also almost 15 years old.

If an external keyboard (you'll likely need to use a USB keyboard) works, then it's possible the laptops keyboard is failing/has failed.

[Allan]

Check the Region & Language applet in Control Panel