I just purchased a Gateway computer and have just set it up but the keyboard appears to be in French. How to I convert this to English. Example: Ièm for I am. No apostrophe QuestionÉ - no question mark

If you are using a FRENCH keyboad on an ENGLISH configuration, take it ganted that it won't woks. You should define your keyboard as French . If you are using Windows, you should go to control Panel - Regional and Language confiuration
Press TAB Language
Press button DETAILS
Now select Language as French
Press ADD and select Language French and Keyboard French
Accept.
Select this configuration as default.
Accept and exit Control Panel
Now your French keyboard should use french language distribution

It depends on the keyboard. If your physical keyboard does not match the language set by the operating system, the wrong information will appear when you type certain keys.
For US English keyboards, @ is shift+2.
For UK keyboards, @ is shift+' (the key which is two steps to the right of the "L" key.)
For French "AZERTY" keyboards, @ is the right-Alt key and 0 (zero)
Ensure that your operating system is set to know which kind of keyboard you are using, who what you see matches the keys on the keyboard. For example, in Windows 7, this is Control Panel -> Region and Languages.

Click on Keyboard icon on taskbar and change the option to english...Looks like it is in French right now..

you need to change the keyboard lay out.
Windows 7 or Windows Vista

1. Click Start Collapse this imageExpand this image, type intl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
2. On the Keyboards and Language tab, click Change keyboards.
3. Click Add.
4. Expand the language that you want. For example, expand French (Canada).
5. Expand Keyboard list, click to select the English (UnitedS tates) check box, and then click OK.
6. In the options, click View Layout to compare the layout with the actual keyboard.
7. In the Default input language list, click English (United Kingdom) - English (United States), and then click OK two times.
8. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK. Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the active keyboard layout.
9. Click the Language bar, and then click English (United States)

Windows XP

1. Click Start , type intl.cpl in the Run box, and then press ENTER.
2. On the Languages tab, click Details.
3. Under Installed services, click Add.
4. In the Input language list, select the language that you want. For example, select French (Canada) .
5. In the Keyboard layout/IME list, click English (United States), and then click OK .
6. In the Select one of the installed input languages to use when you start your computer list, click English (United Kingdom) - English (United States), and then click OK.
7. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK. Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the active keyboard layout.
8. Click the Language bar, and then click English (United States)

Windows 7 or Windows Vista

1. Click Start Collapse this imageExpand this image, type intl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
2. On the Keyboards and Language tab, click Change keyboards.
3. Click Add.
4. Expand the language that you want. For example, expand French (Canada).
5. Expand Keyboard list, click to select the English(United States) check box, and then click OK.
6. In the options, click View Layout to compare the layout with the actual keyboard.
7. In the Default input language list, click English(United States) - English(United States), and then click OK two times.
8. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK. Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the active keyboard layout.
9. Click the Language bar, and then click English(United States).

Windows XP

1. Click Start , type intl.cpl in the Run box, and then press ENTER.
2. On the Languages tab, click Details.
3. Under Installed services, click Add.
4. In the Input language list, select the language that you want. For example, select French (Canada) .
5. In the Keyboard layout/IME list, click English(United States), and then click OK .
6. In the Select one of the installed input languages to use when you start your computer list, click English(United States) - English(United States), and then click OK.
7. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK. Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the active keyboard layout.
8. Click the Language bar, and then click English(United States).

How to make sure that the selected layout matches the keyboard Windows 7 or Windows Vista

1. Click Start, type osk in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
2. Match the keyboard on the screen with the physical keyboard to make sure that the layout matches.
3. To check the uppercase characters, click the shift key on the keyboard or on the screen, and match the characters printed on the keyboard.

Windows XP

1. Click Start, type osk in the Run box, and then press ENTER.
2. Match the keyboard on the screen with the physical keyboard to make sure that the layout matches.
3. To check the uppercase characters, click the shift key on the keyboard or on the screen, and match the characters printed on the keyboard.

Hi lal1220,

I had the exact same problem with my keyboard (KU-0883). What you want to do is first go into your "Control Panel". From there under "Hardware and Sound", go to "View Devices and Printers". Right Click on your USB Keyboard and go to "Region and Language". Under the "Keyboard and Languages" tab click on "Change Keyboard". From the "General" Tab click on "Add". Scroll down to "English (Canada)" and expand it by hitting +. Uncheck "Canadian French" and "Canadian Multilingual Standard". Then press "OK". After which you press "Apply" and "OK". Give your computer a quick reboot and your good to go.

This may vary depending on your version of Windows but it should be basically the same: go into control panel, bring up "region and language" then the third tab, "keyboards and languages". The the first button on that screen, "change keyboards". This screen has a drop-down menu with a list of languages such as English - United States (or presumably whichever one you're looking for).

Note I set my control panel view to "small icons". In category view it's under clock/language/region. Hope I was able to help!

For Windows XP: Check the Regional and Language Options panel in your Control Panels (Languages tab, then Details) to make sure that your keyboard is set for English:Keyboard:US. If it isn't, change it to that.

I had the exact same problem. I contacted Acer support and they sent me this solution that worked for me;

Please do the following steps to resolve this issue.
1. Click on Start > RUN
2. type intl.cpl in the Run box, and then press ENTER.
3. On the Languages tab
4. Click the Details button.
5. In the Settings tab, under the Installed services section, click the Add button.
6. In the Input language list, click the language that you want; English (United States) [or English (Canada)].
7. In the Keyboard layout/IME list, click United States-International, and then click OK.
8. In the Settings tab, under the Default input language section, change the language to English (United States) - United States-International [or English (Canada) - United States-International].
9. Click the Apply button and then the OK button.
10. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click the OK button to close the dialog box.
11.Notice that the Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you position the mouse pointer over it, a ToolTip appears that describes the active keyboard layout; English (United States) appears [or English (Canada)].

delete the French from the keyboard setup section in windows, to cycle between them there should be a little box on the task bar if it is not locked this will, if clicked, offer selection of languages you have installed to use on the computer.En will be English and Fr is French etc etc.