Fix- Keyboard typing wrong characters in Windows 10 / 11

Is the keyboard typing the wrong characters on your Windows 10 computer? If you are facing this problem on your computer, there is a chance that the keyboard itself has gone out of order. Try these initial workarounds on your computer and if they don’t work out, simply go for the main solutions.

Initial Workarounds–

1. Unplug the keyboard. Wait for a while. Again, plug the keyboard to another usb port on your computer. Check if this works.

2. Try the keyboard with any other computer/ laptop to check if it works.

If the keyboard is working fine with other laptop or pc, you have to solve the problem following these fixes-

NOTE–

For all the fixes, when we are going to use “On-Screen Keyboard“. To open it follow these steps-

a. Click on the Windows icon.

b. Now, scroll down through the list of apps and then click on “Windows Ease of Access” to expand it.

c. Then, click on the “On-Screen Keyboard” to open it.

 

Fix 1 – Try Pressing Windows key and Space key together

It may happen that your keyboard layout is accidentally changed , since you may have pressed Windows and space key together.

Just try pressing Windows key and Spacebar once and see if it fixes the issue or not

Fix-2 Modify registry

Modify the keyboard registry to solve this issue.

You have to solve this issue from Registry Editor.

1. Click on the Search box and then type “regedit” using On-Screen Keyboard.

2. Now, click on “Registry Editor” from the search results to open it on your computer.

 

 

NOTE–

You will need to backup your registry. After opening Registry Editor, click on “File” > “Export” to create the backup.

If anything goes wrong you can retrieve your registry by simply importing the backup.

3. In Registry Editor window, on the left-hand side, navigate to this location-

Computer\HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload

 

4. On the right-hand side, double click on “1” to modify it.

 

 

5. In the Edit String window, change the value of the language you want your keyboard (Just copy the value from the left side of the table given below according to the language and paste it in Edit String window).

6. Click on “OK“.

 

00000402	Bulgarian
0000041a	Croatian
00000405	Czech
00000406	Danish
00000413	Dutch (Standard)
00000813	Dutch (Belgian)
00000409	English (United States)
00000809	English (United Kingdom)
00001009	English (Canadian)
00001409	English (New Zealand)
00000c09	English (Australian)
0000040b	Finnish
0000040c	French (Standard)
0000080c	French (Belgian)
0000100c	French (Swiss)
00000c0c	French (Canadian)
00000407	German (Standard)
00000807	German (Swiss)
00000c07	German (Austrian)
00000408	Greek
0000040e	Hungarian
0000040f	Icelandic
00001809	English (Irish)
00000410	Italian (Standard)
00000810	Italian (Swiss)
00000414	Norwegian (Bokmal)
00000814	Norwegian (Nynorsk)
00000415	Polish
00000816	Portuguese (Standard)
00000416	Portuguese (Brazilian)
00000418	Romanian
00000419	Russian
0000041b	Slovak
00000424	Slovenian
0000080a	Spanish (Mexican)
0000040a	Spanish (Traditional Sort)
00000c0a	Spanish (Modern Sort)
0000041d	Swedish
0000041f	Turkish

 

 

Now, close Registry Editor window.

Reboot your computer.

After rebooting your computer, the keyboard will work just fine.

 

Fix- 3 Uninstall and re-install keyboard

Uninstalling and re-installing the keyboard software will solve this issue.

1. Press Windows key+X and then click on “Device Manager” to open it.

 

 

2. In Device Manager window, expand “Keyboards“.

3. Now, right-click on “HID Keyboard Device” and then click on “Uninstall device“.

 

 

4. Finally, to uninstall the keyboard driver, click on “Uninstall“.

 

 

Close Device Manager window.

Now, reboot your computer and the driver will be re-installed on your computer.

 

Fix- 4 Run Keyboard troubleshooter

1. You can access the Settings by pressing Windows key and I keys together.

2. Now, click on “Update & Security“.

 

 

3. On the left-hand side, click on “Troubleshoot“.

4. Now, on the right-hand side, click on “Additional troubleshooters“.

 

 

5. Now, on the right pane of the Settings window, select the “Keyboard” troubleshooter.

6. Now, click on “Run the Troubleshooter” to start the troubleshooting process.

 

 

Follow the on-screen instruction in the Troubleshooting window.

The troubleshooter will find any problems with the keyboard wrong character typing issue and attempt to fix the problem.

Reboot your computer and check.