On Dec 15, 6:07 pm, jyamamo <j-yam...@sophia.ac.jp> wrote:
> Declan Murphy  wrote:
> > a) kick and course keyboard. If that does work,
> > b) try hitting the 半角/全角・漢字 button a few times. That probably won't
> > work, but it might make you feel better temporarily.
> > c) depending on what kind of chat machine you are using, at the bottom
> > of your screen, you should be able to see the word "KANA" (under
> > "CAPS"). Click on KANA, and your input method should revert to the
> > original setting.
>
> Nope. Nothing's working. I click on KANA and get a menu that includes
> "Settings". I click on that and piddle around with the keyboard
> settings and nothing happens...except that I momentarily lost the
> English input and all I could get was Japanese, but I rebooted the
> computer and that sorted itself out. I even tried reinstalling the
> keyboard from the Control Panel - System - Device manager - keyboard -
> Update Driver. Nothing works!

If you right click on KANA, what options does XP give you?