How to Fix Keyboard Typing Numbers Only Instead of Letters

Windows Troubleshooting
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Originally published at: How to Fix Keyboard Typing Numbers Only Instead of Letters

Some keyboards are designed in such a way that you type letters at one point, then numbers at another when you press the FN or ALT key, along with the button that has a letter and a number either on top or to the side. For reasons that some users may not be aware of,…

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Hi, thanks for the post. It help me a lot!

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i used a different keyboard which had the NumLock key and hit that key. it worked.

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Connect your keyboard to another computer and check to see if it still types numbers only.

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I’m so angry this didn’t work

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Did you try installing a different language, that can also change the settings of your keyboard, try and remove that language pack

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It worked! hooo I got scared when half of the key are in numbers… lol
Thank you!

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I have the same problem as u Shane. Have u found something to fix it ?

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I have the same problem as u , is it fixed for u ?

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It’s a Razer Black Widow, ultimate stealth 2016 keyboard, I tried it on another computer, turned off the macro stuff and num lock and still nothing, I even tried removing and cleaning the individual keys as well.

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tnx for this, It helps me using method no.3.,

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Put the computer in safe mode and check if it helps.

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Thank you! the second step worked for me

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Thanks! it worked for me

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yay!!! I am able to properly type this message because of your help. thank you!!

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Method 2 worked for me! Thank you.

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Turning num lock off seems to fix it for most people. Connect it to any other computer and check if that helps.

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Amazing it tots worked i was so scared cause it was my mums laptop, try this guys it tots works and i’m in Zambia so that’s a shocker it even worked. lol!

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Superb!!! Worked for me, found the solution for my problem in the article’s third paragraph!

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Thanks very much, you fixed my issue