Keyboard Language Problem....

Hi,
WinXP SP1a

In ControlPanel/Regional and Language Options/Language/Details I have
EN English (United States)
Keyboard
U.S.
and

ES Spanish (Costa Rica)
Keyboard
Spanish

My problem is that when I switch to the Spanish Keyboard, I get the ñ, ¿, etc. and the keyboard layout is in Spanish, BUT, when I hit the supposed "dead" key to the right of the "p ", instead of getting the dead key that will right accent the next vowel typed, I get `` --two backward accents and not what I used to get, months ago, the dead key that accents the next vowel typed. True, I know I can call up the Character Map and drag and drop or hold Alt and type in a number, but when typing in Spanish, that is a real drag. I have the proper .dll for the keyboard and it is "installed" but I just can't get the accent to work. I also noticed that when I send a note in Spanish to someone, it shows up on their OE screen as ? marks where ever there is supposed to be a Spanish letter or mark. Any ideas or solutions? Thanks.

Ali

 

System File Check

Start > Run > cmd
sfc /scannow (note the space)
have your XP cd ready.

A thought completely unrelated to your question: Have you considered doing the SP2 update?

Johanna