Windows 7 Quotation mark key not working properly

Nevan

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I just bought a brand new Dell Insprion 15R special edition, and I've noticed that the quotation mark key isn't working properly. This is going to be a problem for someone like me who writes fiction in his spare time...

Basically what happens is that when I press SHIFT+', the quotation mark doesn't appear right away; I have to type a letter for it to appear. And then when I type the end quote and press the spacebar, a space won't happen. I have to press the spacebar twice.

What's going on? I know it must be some keyboard/language setting, but I can't figure it out. Can anyone help?
 
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If you have bought it in your native country with OS in your native language, it should work. Quotation mark is a basic symbol, it should appear immediately. Like """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" and end quote """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" spaces.

If I were you, I'd take it to the seller. The warranty will take care of it.
 
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I am having the exact same problem with the same type of computer. Does anyone know how to fix this? OP, did you have any luck?
 
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zvit, thank you SO MUCH. Dell actually went to the trouble of replacing my laptop keyboard and when that didn't work, I looked again and found your solution. Changing the keyboard layout to "US" and unselecting Auto Adjust solved it!

 
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If you want to prevent the issue from occurring again in the future, you can remove other keyboard layout/language options by accessing the Region and Language options from the start menu/control panel.
 
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