Re: After the Reinstall !

I meant: reinstalling should not be a problem if you're not dual-booting.
Sounds as if you need to reformat the disk and reinstall. Groove's
instructions on how to change the keyboard settings are correct.

>From XP Help...
You can use Character Map to copy and paste special characters into your
documents, such as the trademark symbol, special mathematical characters, or
a character from the character set of another language.

a.. To open Character Map, click Start, point to All Programs, point to
Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Character Map.
b.. For information about using Character Map, click Help in Character
Map.
Hope that helps!

By the way, I don't understand why it's harder to type a K than a C - but
it's good to hear I'm not the only ex-Unix command-line junkie out there...
I believe changing the drive letter of the system volume is impossible, and
even if you could, you'd break every link in the registry. (Maybe I just
decided it was effectively impossible for that reason - I don't remember.
When this came up for me, I reinstalled after looking into it.)

If C: isn't allocated, you might get away with using SUBST, eg:

SUBST C:\ K:\

I wonder if your environment variable problem is somehow related to the
keyboard problem? Try creating a dummy variable which contains various
combinations of those characters, and see if you can spot a pattern.

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"Jock" <real_class_a2003@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9m1kn1loi23goesu1io9n72u3rp1hl8dd9@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:45:09 +0000 (UTC), "Philip Herlihy"
> <foof8501@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I've come across the drive letter problem before - I understand that it
>>isn't possible to change the drive letter of the active partition, so your
>>only option is to reinstall. If you're not dual-booting, that shouldn't
>>be
>>a problem.
>
> It is if you are an inveterate user of the Command Prompt and user
> of batch files. (The Command Prompt is often very much faster than
> using the cumbersome GUI for most file operations).
>
> I understand that changing the drive letter is not advisable.
>
>>There are options at install time to choose your Region, and the keyboard
>>and language setting usually follow.
>
> Too late now!
>
>>If you can't reinstall or don't want to, you should be able to change
>>these
>>via Control Panel under Regional settings. Set that first, and then adjust
>>the Keyboard settings if necessary (after a reboot to be on the safe
>>side).
>
> I can change the language, but there is no way you can change the
> keyboard in XP. The facility at Control Panel only allows changes
> of character repeat speed and cursor blink rates.
>
> I have a small encrypted volume which has a pound sign in the
> password, which I cannot now access. Hash doesn't work.
>
>>Have you tried putting quotes round the variable value?
>
> Yes, both around the whole entry and just the parameters, it doesn't
> change anything.
>
> The thing is all these things worked after the last re-install, albeit
> the drive was I: that time! It seems the more often you re-install, the
> less functionality you obtain.
>
> --
>
> Jock.


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