Assuming you are running windows -
1) Press your Start Menu Button
2) Go to Control Panel
3) Look for Region and Language settings - depends which version of Windows you have -- but have a look - may even just be under keyboards
4) You are looking for a windows like this one
5) Change the settings to match your location
6) Make sure tha Language bar is enabled and docked and that additional Language bar Icons is selected
7) You can use the lanaguage bar to resolve these problems from now on...
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