No Output: Right-Hand ALT Key with UK Keyboard Layout
Article ID: 137086
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
This article was previously published under Q137086
SYMPTOMS
If you select the United Kingdom (UK) keyboard Layout from Control
Panel International, the right-hand ALT key (also known as the AltGr Key)
will not work as expected. By selecting the UK keyboard layout you should
be able to hold down the right-hand ALT key and select any vowel
(a, e, i, o, and u) and the accent character (') should appear over the
vowel you selected. For example, when you press Right ALT+A, [ASCII 225] should
appear. Instead, no output appears.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51.
This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows
NT version 3.51. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on
the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
Additional query words: prodnt international
Keywords: KB137086