How can I reprogram my keyboard back to the windows format?

I tried to use the mac keyboard on my laptop PC that runs windows vista. It worked great.

Now I decide to go without the mac keyboard (it is not convenient to carry an extra keyboard). However, after I disconnect the apple keyboard, I realize that my PC keyboard is not working properly. What should I do to reprogram my keyboard back to windows format?

• Asked by Li-qing J from Athens
• Mar 14, 2010
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Do I have to install anything? Can I just plug it to the USB port?

I am wondering if there is some sort of installation to use the Keyboard? My Mac cannot read any type of discs. Would I be alright by simply plugging the keyboard to the USB port?

• Asked by Jose L from Chicago
• Feb 19, 2011
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will i be able to select a boot option such as a cd or other commands that may require me holding down the command key on a g3,g4,g5(via usb)?

i want to boot into the installer cd but on a windows keyboard and it won't let me. Also the computer is a G3 running 10.4.2 and the keyboard is wireless. I fix computers and i just wanted to know if i could use this keyboard to use boot options with other mac's. Thanks.

• Asked by Iury B from Marietta
• Aug 25, 2011
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is it compatible with windows ?

i am buying this keyboard and i have a windows vista laptop. will it work ?

• Asked by Paul G
• Dec 10, 2009
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can you use apple keyboard with windows 7 pc?

• Asked by Bela B
• Apr 5, 2012
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if i have windows 7 and use this can i still go back to my normal keyboard?

• Asked by Sarah L
• Sep 2, 2010
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Is it compatible with OS X 10.6.5, 64-bit (Intel)?

I recently had a new hard drive installed in our Mac Mini and was using a Macally keyboard. Their update drivers do not support 64-bit and the keyboard freezes. I want to ensure that a new keyboard will be fully compatible.

• Asked by Evelyn K from Silver Spring
• Dec 29, 2010
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Are Apple keyboards, with only a delete key, less efficient in making deletions than conventional keyboards with both a backspace and a delete key?

I have been using a Windows desktop at home and my office. Although I have never had a laptop, I have been planning to buy an Apple laptop for use when I travel. However, I recently used an Apple and found its keyboard, in one particular way, to be inferior to the standard keyboards that I have been accustomed to using. Do you agree?

A conventional keyboard has two keys to make deletions. The backspace key deletes characters to the left of the cursor. The delete key deletes characters to the right of the cursor. In contrast, the Apple keyboard has only one key to make deletions. It is the delete key and it deletes characters to the left of the cursor. It appears that if I want to delete characters to the right of the cursor, there is no way to do that directly and simply. Am I correct about that? I must either use a second key or I must first highlight the text and then delete it.

Using a non-Apple conventional keyboard, it is also possible to delete an entire word and one adjacent space in only two strokes by using a combination of the control key and the delete key. The same can be done in the other direction using the control key and the backspace key. How would these two types of deletion most efficiently be done with an Apple keyboard?

The reality seems to be that two keys to delete can operate more efficiently, in more directions, than only one (Apple). Do you agree that the Apple keyboard is less efficient in making deletions than the conventional keyboard when using Word software? What is the best way to get around that inefficiency in a MacBookPro? If there is no way around it, should this discourage me from getting an Apple since I do lots of word processing and deletions?

Does the Apple keyboard have any advantages over the conventional keyboard that I should be aware of?

• Asked by Robert J from Granger
• Feb 29, 2012
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can I use this keyboard with my mac lap-top

• Asked by Mary P
• Mar 1, 2010
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KEYBOARD SOFTWARE UPDATE?

I just upgraded the software on my old Macbook Pro to Snow Leopard bc I bought an external USB keyboard (mac, with numerical keypad), and I was told that it needed 10.6.8 to work.

However, when I type on it, it does not type letters... but symbols.

HELP!

Not sure if I need to do a keyboard software update... and if so, where to get such a thing.

Thank you!

• Asked by Aarti S from Los Angeles
• Mar 6, 2013
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