it's probably the easiest problem to fix in the world but I can't find it,

 my shift + ' is supposed to give @ but it gives "

my shift + 2 is supposed to give " but it gives @

I think Windows XP lost some marbles when Vista was created anyone know how to fix it?

Either switch the keys physically on the keyboard ^^ or check the language settings in Windows. Other than that I don't know what could cause the problem except for a defect in the keyboard.

Laters

shift + '  gives " and shift + 2  gives @ in the american keyboard layout

just set it to one of the european countries to have it switch over

 

lol i know your pain after my most recent install of xp prompted by a hard disk failure, i went through the region settings a bit too fast and forgot to reset the default keyboard from american to irish.

ahh ty works now.