houdini Posted October 29, 2007 Posted October 29, 2007 Please help somebody... Recently, on every website I visit, when there is a price of something on the screen, eg. 2.99, the british pound sign no longer appears in front of the price, it has now been replaced by the letter J. So it now reads J2.99. This happens on all websites I visit, ebay, argos, play.com ect, everytime. The pound sign no longer exists on my system. My laptop was bought in the US, but was working fine until last week, pound sign was fine. But as of a few days ago something seems to have happened. Anyone help??? Its very frustating Cheers Quote
hardware_dave Posted October 29, 2007 Posted October 29, 2007 Can you type a pound sign in a word document or is it just on the internet ? dave Quote Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity
houdini Posted October 30, 2007 Author Posted October 30, 2007 thanx for reply as my laptop was bought in the US, there is no british pound sign on the keyboard, only a US dollar sign. As I say though, it was fine until recently Cheers Quote
hardware_dave Posted October 30, 2007 Posted October 30, 2007 Create a text file on another pc with a pound sign in it. Open file on laptop and see if you get a pound sign. I need to know if this just a IE problem or not. dave Quote Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity
danzil Posted November 9, 2007 Posted November 9, 2007 ry checking your regional and language options in control panel make sure all is set to united kingdom do as hardware dave said try it on another pc,save it it then load it on your pc regards danzil Quote Windows 10 Pro x64Aqua Jeantech Gaming case550watt psu.MSI Gaming Board32GB DDR3 Corsair gaming RamGenuine Intel i7 3.2Ghz4 x 24x dvdrw 150GB SSD750GB Hybrid Drive256 RAID PCI/E SSD for OSand loads of other bits i really dont need :D
houdini Posted January 5, 2008 Author Posted January 5, 2008 It seems to be more than just an IE problem. I recently loaded in a version of monopoly from a cd-rom, and all the uk pond signs came up as a question mark, ie - ?. While on the internet I still get the letter J instead of the pound sign, now on this particular cd-rom the pound sign comes out as this - ? any suggestions lads Quote
RandyL Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 Hi houdini; Since it now appears it's not just an IE issue as Dave asked, you should follow danzil's instructions. Check your regional and language options in control panel. RandyL Quote We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.Get help with computer problems. Join Free PC Help here Donations are welcome. Read Here
houdini Posted February 1, 2008 Author Posted February 1, 2008 I have checked my regional settings, the language is definately set english, and i'm not curently running any other languages. someone suggested clicking on 'view' in IE and changing the encoding to Western European (windows). This also has made no difference, I'm still getting a letter J instead of a british pound sign. I am able to type the pound sign in on word doc, so it just seems to be display problem. I have noticed a few other people around the forums with the same problem, but as yet, no one seems to have a solid solution. Any one got any more ideas ???? Cheers. Quote
AdvancedSetup Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 Well I don't have an exact answer, but I certainly would think that it's in the Regional Setting some where. Please take a look at these links and see if one of them helps. If you do get it corrected please post back what corrected it so that others that run into the same issue can get assistance as well. Setting the user and system locales ISO/IEC 8859-1 at wikipedia problem-with-british-pound-sign What can I do with regional formats and languages? Change the display of dates, times, currency, and measurements Type and display accents and diacritical marks (not really your issue but thought I would share it anyways) The Microsoft AppLocale Utility (again no fix here but more information for those curious) Unicode and You Very deep subject on UNICODE and such - typically for the programmer, however if you just can not seem to fix the issue after trying the above you may be able to post or send e-mail asking for assitance from here. Sorting It All Out Quote Need help with your computer problems? Then why not join Free PC Help. Register hereIf Free PC Help has helped you then please consider a donation. Click here Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware | Malwarebytes' Products | SUPERAntispyware | HijackThis | Spybot Search & Destroy | hpHosts | SpywareBlaster | WinPatrol | SiteHound | FireFox | NoScript | Adblock Plus | Sandboxie | Acronis True Image | ThreatFire | ESET Online Scanner | Kaspersky Online Scanner | Panda Online Scanner | Trend Online Scanner | Avira AntiVir Personal | Avast Free AV | CCleaner | ATF-Cleaner | Online Armor Firewall | Outpost Firewall Free | DirectX | Office Compatibility Pack | Office 2003 (SP3) | SubInACL | Windows Defender | Windows Installer 3.1 | IE7 XP | XP SP3 for IT | Sysinternals | Virtual PC 2007 | Returnil We are all members helping other members.Please return here where you may be able to help someone else.After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.
Seth Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 Give this a try: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/06/12/628499.aspx If you're still using IE6, I recommend an upgrade to IE7. Quote Need help with your computer problems? Then why not join Free PC Help. Register here If Free PC Help has helped you then please consider a donation. Click here
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