My keyboard symbols suddenly changed

My keyboard symbols suddenly changed. For example, if I type the backslash key, it gives #, if I use shift + 2, it gives " instead of @. I don't understand what has changed suddenly. Does anybody know how to get this back to normal?

I've tried lots of things: changing the language of the keyboard, restarting the computer, various key combinations, num lock. Nothing seems to work.

Thanks in advance!

Solution 1:

Your keyboard layout was somehow changed, I think to the UK layout.

There should be an icon in the status/menu bar that looks like a keyboard, or is a rectangle with a country code inside. Click that icon and you'll be able to select the US layout.

Solution 2:

So I faced a similar issue. I was able to fix it in the following way:

1. Spot the word "ENG" in the task/menu bar at the bottom of the screen.(for me it was right beside where it shows the time and date).
2. Click on the "ENG" symbol.
3. From the options that pop up, choose which ever is the alternative to "English (United Kingdom) United Kingdom.Keyboard".

In my case the alternative was "English (India)", clicking on it helped me solve the issue.