ros_b
Senior Member
I have just gotten my new laptop and am going through the painful process of trying to get it set up the way I like It is a Lenovo Thinkpad running Windows 7. When I first started it up, I specified "English-UK" as my language. But I subsequently discovered that with this layout, there are some keys that come out differently from what's printed on the keys, ie the backslash key was giving me a #, and of course the @ and " keys were transposed. So in Control Panel, under "Region and Language", I changed my "default input language" to "English-US" and all the keys now behave as they should.
BUT....
The password for the machine contains the @ character. After making the keyboard change and trying to log on, it kept moaning that my password was wrong. Eventually I realised that is must be because of the language change. In fact, when I initially set up the password with the UK keyboard, I *thought* it contained the @ symbol (Shift + 2) when in fact, it must have contained the " symbol. So when I tried my password with the " key instead of (Shift+2), it worked and I got in.
So now I want to change my password so that it does actually have the @ symbol in it, and not the " symbol. But.... when it asks me for my current password, and I use the " symbol, it moans that that isn't the right password. So I have removed my password, and then chosen to create a password. But the new password, with the @ symbol in it, still doesn't work. It insists on the " character.
So, to clarify what happens:
I create a password and press the keys (for argument's sake) Q@W#E$. Then I immediately log off and when I enter the password, it insists on Q"W#E$.
How do I fix this?
BUT....
The password for the machine contains the @ character. After making the keyboard change and trying to log on, it kept moaning that my password was wrong. Eventually I realised that is must be because of the language change. In fact, when I initially set up the password with the UK keyboard, I *thought* it contained the @ symbol (Shift + 2) when in fact, it must have contained the " symbol. So when I tried my password with the " key instead of (Shift+2), it worked and I got in.
So now I want to change my password so that it does actually have the @ symbol in it, and not the " symbol. But.... when it asks me for my current password, and I use the " symbol, it moans that that isn't the right password. So I have removed my password, and then chosen to create a password. But the new password, with the @ symbol in it, still doesn't work. It insists on the " character.
So, to clarify what happens:
I create a password and press the keys (for argument's sake) Q@W#E$. Then I immediately log off and when I enter the password, it insists on Q"W#E$.
How do I fix this?
