The keyboard is one of the most important input devices on the computer. This goes beyond the action of performing “point and click”, as it allows us to perform different functions such as writing, executing commands, using programs and more that require its use. In addition to this, it facilitates the access by means of special keys to files and functions of the equipment. Which means that your mode of use is optimal and very helpful for certain tasks.
Although you choose the best one, you have to keep in mind that these work through a microcontroller , who is in charge of controlling and sending the orders to the team. So there may be times when this present fails, what for one are somewhat complicated. But when looking for why this happens, most of the time is usually for insignificant things that can be accommodated in seconds.
Usually it all depends on the configuration or language, so in this guide you can find everything you need to adjust your writing peripheral easily. Also what to do when it does not mark the special characters and much more. If you have any of these problems, this is for you.
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Steps to configure the PC keyboard in Windows
When you have a new keyboard, it is not just enough to connect it and now, many times they can be inconvenient, as for example, when dialing a key or some character , so many think it came with factory defect and seek to change it.
But the truth is that these bring a predefined configuration and that this may not fit what we commonly know. So do not worry that in this part we will help you to establish it correctly, you just have to follow the steps shown below.
- To correct this error, the first thing you should do is go to the “Start” of your computer and go to “Control Panel” .
- Now you must select the option of “Clock, language and region.” It should be noted that if you are using Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 10 this will appear like this. In Windows 8 it will appear as “Time and language”.
- You will click on “Regional and language settings” > “Keyboards and languages” > ” Change keyboards. ”
- In this window you should see the languages that your team manages, there you must place “ Spanish – International Literacy” or “Spanish – traditional”. This will also depend on the distribution of the keys.
You must observe your writing peripheral so that you can see the distribution, everything will depend on where the special characters are located, for example, if you have one where the symbol of @ is in the “Q” is better than selecting “Spanish – International Literacy” or “United States – International” , as it is used in Latin America. If on the contrary the @ appears in number 2 you must use “Spanish-Spain” or simply “Spanish”.
- When you know the distribution of certain keys and have chosen the appropriate language, you must click on acceptedAccept.
- Try it and verify that you can already mark the special characters. You must bear in mind that for the upper symbols you have to press the “Shift” , (represented by an upward arrow) , and to mark the one on the sides you must press the “Alt Gr” key.
How to change the keyboard language to Spanish in Windows?
If you run into a new computer or with which the keyboard has been deconfigured that you have and you don’t know how to change the language or reset it to its previous configuration, because Windows does not show you At a glance how to do it, in this section we will help you to do it regardless of the version you have. Follow the steps so you can do it successfully.
Windows 10
It is very normal for the peripheral language to be changed in what is the Windows operating system and placed in English or any other. That is why in this part you will see how you can modify it and set the one of your preference.
- The first thing you should do is open the “Menu”> “Windows System”.
- You’re going to go to “All applications.”
- Click “Control Panel.”
- You will see a tab open, you should look for it where it says “Clock, language and region”.
- will appear (3) options you must click on legallyLanguage> “Add language”.
- Then, in the same bar where you entered you can see the languages you have . Select the one you want and click “Upload” , until it looks like the main one.
Windows 7
Deconfiguration is one of the “mysteries” of Windows that often happens to many people and more frequent than you think. It is not known how but in seconds it can already be totally different from how it was, and sometimes you may not find how to accommodate it without help. In this case, we will be the ones who will tell you how to fix it without calling third parties.
- The first thing you should do is go to the “Start” > Control Panel”> ” Clock, language and region”> “Change keyboards or other input methods.”
- Once there, select “Change keyboards …”.
- When you click, you will see a pop-up window that is “Text services / input languages”.
- In the section that says “Language default input ” you must click on the drop-down menu and select a language.
If it doesn’t show you any other, you can add it manually by doing the following:
- In the section that says “Installed services” you will see the language that the keyboard currently has, to add another one you must select “Add”.
- You should open a “Add input language” window. Now you just have to look for the language you want to apply.
- Once done the above you must select in the arrow of (+) that is on the left side of the language that you chose to expand the menu.
- This you should show the option of “Keyboard” , you will see that next to the word appears a (+), click on it again to display a submenu.
- Now you just have to click on the correct language and explicitAccept.
- Having done the steps to add the language, you must repeat the first step you applied when entering the “Text services / input languages” pop-up window.
- When extending the menu you must see the language you added, choose it and click on “Apply”> “Accept” to complete the process.
Windows 8
If you have the same failures with this operating system and you still don’t know how to handle it easily, in the next step you can see how to run it. Particularly in this version there is a way to add several languages and change them without having to navigate through so many screens.
- The first thing you should do is enter “Settings” from the Charms bar or main bar that appears on the right hand side of the screen.
- Within this you will find where “Time and language” or “Region and language”.
- When you click, you will see that a window opens, in the language section you must click on the default language. This done go to equallyOpciones•.
- There you should look for where it shows “Keyboards”. When you open this a series of languages is displayed, select one of these and click on “Accept.”
Problems and deconfiguration solutions on the Windows keyboard
Sometimes you are doing something, typing very fast and you don’t notice the keys you can press, and when you come to realize it has completely deconfigured , without knowing what happened to him or how to accommodate him. If you are going through this, then we will tell you what to do to fix it.
Keyboard unconfigured or Changed
By this we mean that you do not mark some special characters such as accents, (Ñ) or any other. It always happens that by mistake you press some keys that when activated can be activated or disable functions. To solve it follow the steps below.
- Go to the main menu and search “Control panel”> “Clock, language and region”> “Regional and language settings”> “Keyboard and languages”> “Keyboards and other input languages ”>“ Change keyboards. ”
- Then select “ Advanced key settings ”. At the bottom of that window you will see an option that says “Change key sequence”.
- In that last window that was opened you should see the configuration you have active. You can change or deactivate it there so it doesn’t happen again.
A key does not work, it seems damaged, broken or stuck
The keyboards today are not even a quarter of how they were before, since now you will usually find them membrane. Although its quality is improving every time , it always happens that they are easily damaged or locked.
If this happens to you, there are some things that can help you to know if these keys are useful to you or if it is because you are infected by a virus, because they are able to intercept in good operation thereof.
- You should clean it with a CO spray and a toothbrush . You can also buy a special one for these.
- If this is wireless, verify that the IR / Bluetooth connection is working or change the batteries.
- If none of these options help you only You have to use the on-screen keyboard to mark the keys that are bad.
The computer writes alone, the keys are pressed, I type but nothing happens
If this is happening to you, nothing happens, you may have a virus on your computer or a program that you recently downloaded has caused you some damage, you may also have a spy.
The first thing that these types of programs usually do is to look for the most sensitive information, such as credit card numbers or personal passwords. To solve this you just have to do is identify what it is that is affecting your peripheral or your device.