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When typing in GMail (firefox and thunderbird) keyboard randomly uses foreign characters like it has been set to another language, but setting is eng

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When typing in gmail (firefox) or thunderbird, randomly foreign characters will be produced like the keyboard has been set to spanish or french, but it is set to english, and the character encoding is set to what it is supposed to be. Web pages appear correctly. 



 Application Basics

       Name
       Firefox

       Version
       10.0.12

       User Agent
       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0.12) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.12

       Profile Directory

         Open Containing Folder

       Enabled Plugins

         about:plugins

       Build Configuration

         about:buildconfig

       Crash Reports

         about:crashes

       Memory Use

         about:memory

 Extensions

       Name

       Version

       Enabled

       ID

       F5 Networks Host Plugin
       7000.2011.0910.0354
       true
       {DBBB3167-6E81-400f-BBFD-BD8921726F52}

       IE Tab 2 (FF 3.6+)
       4.12.22.2
       true
       {1BC9BA34-1EED-42ca-A505-6D2F1A935BBB}

       Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant
       0.0.0
       false
       {20a82645-c095-46ed-80e3-08825760534b}

       Skype Click to Call
       6.5.0.11422
       false
       {82AF8DCA-6DE9-405D-BD5E-43525BDAD38A}

 Modified Preferences

     Name

     Value

       accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar
       0

       browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion
       2

       browser.startup.homepage
       http://ca.search.yahoo.com?type=386496&fr=spigot-yhp-ff

       browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID
       20130103094221

       browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone
       rv:10.0.12

       browser.tabs.warnOnClose
       false

       dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npietab2.dll
       true

       extensions.lastAppVersion
       10.0.12

       gfx.blacklist.layers.direct3d9
       2

       keyword.URL
       http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=greentree_ff1&ei=utf-8&ilc=12&type=386496&p=

       network.cookie.prefsMigrated
       true

       places.database.lastMaintenance
       1358793548

       places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages
       51968

       privacy.cpd.siteSettings
       true

       privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs
       true

       privacy.sanitize.timeSpan
       0

       security.warn_viewing_mixed
       false

 Graphics

       Adapter Description
       NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

       Vendor ID
       10de

       Device ID
       0241

       Adapter RAM
       Unknown

       Adapter Drivers
       nv4_disp

       Driver Version
       9.1.4.8

       Driver Date
       8-16-2006

       Vendor ID (GPU #2)
       00ad

       Device ID (GPU #2)
       00ad

       Adapter RAM (GPU #2)
       Unknown

       Adapter Drivers (GPU #2)
       Unknown

       Driver Version (GPU #2)
       2.1.3.0

       Driver Date (GPU #2)
       1-1-2007

       WebGL Renderer
       Google Inc. -- ANGLE (NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE) -- OpenGL ES 2.0 (ANGLE 0.0.0.809)

       GPU Accelerated Windows
       0/1. Blocked for your graphics driver version.
When typing in gmail (firefox) or thunderbird, randomly foreign characters will be produced like the keyboard has been set to spanish or french, but it is set to english, and the character encoding is set to what it is supposed to be. Web pages appear correctly. Application Basics Name Firefox Version 10.0.12 User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0.12) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.12 Profile Directory Open Containing Folder Enabled Plugins about:plugins Build Configuration about:buildconfig Crash Reports about:crashes Memory Use about:memory Extensions Name Version Enabled ID F5 Networks Host Plugin 7000.2011.0910.0354 true {DBBB3167-6E81-400f-BBFD-BD8921726F52} IE Tab 2 (FF 3.6+) 4.12.22.2 true {1BC9BA34-1EED-42ca-A505-6D2F1A935BBB} Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 0.0.0 false {20a82645-c095-46ed-80e3-08825760534b} Skype Click to Call 6.5.0.11422 false {82AF8DCA-6DE9-405D-BD5E-43525BDAD38A} Modified Preferences Name Value accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar 0 browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion 2 browser.startup.homepage http://ca.search.yahoo.com?type=386496&fr=spigot-yhp-ff browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID 20130103094221 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone rv:10.0.12 browser.tabs.warnOnClose false dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npietab2.dll true extensions.lastAppVersion 10.0.12 gfx.blacklist.layers.direct3d9 2 keyword.URL http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=greentree_ff1&ei=utf-8&ilc=12&type=386496&p= network.cookie.prefsMigrated true places.database.lastMaintenance 1358793548 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages 51968 privacy.cpd.siteSettings true privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs true privacy.sanitize.timeSpan 0 security.warn_viewing_mixed false Graphics Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE Vendor ID 10de Device ID 0241 Adapter RAM Unknown Adapter Drivers nv4_disp Driver Version 9.1.4.8 Driver Date 8-16-2006 Vendor ID (GPU #2) 00ad Device ID (GPU #2) 00ad Adapter RAM (GPU #2) Unknown Adapter Drivers (GPU #2) Unknown Driver Version (GPU #2) 2.1.3.0 Driver Date (GPU #2) 1-1-2007 WebGL Renderer Google Inc. -- ANGLE (NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE) -- OpenGL ES 2.0 (ANGLE 0.0.0.809) GPU Accelerated Windows 0/1. Blocked for your graphics driver version.

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cor-el
cor-el
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It is possible that you have switched the keyboard layout by accident.

Windows remembers the keyboard layout setting per application and you may have changed the keyboard layout by accident via a keyboard shortcut.

  • Make sure that you have the Language bar visible on the Windows Taskbar
  • You can do that via the right-click context menu of the Taskbar: Toolbars > Language Bar
  • Check the keyboard language (keyboard layout) setting for the application that has focus via the icon on the Language bar
  • You need to do that while Firefox has focus because Windows remembers the keyboard layout setting per application
  • The default key combination to rotate the layout is the Ctrl+Shift or Alt+Shift combination that Firefox uses for some menu items
  • To avoid an unintentional switch, assign a specific key sequence (Alt/Ctrl+Shift+number) to select keyboard layouts and remove the key combination to rotate layouts (Alt+Shift or Ctrl+Shift)
  • Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Languages > Text services and input languages > Details > Key Settings > Change Key Sequence