tlde and single tick character...

i have noticed that since acquing a new computer with XP,
any new document in either Word or Notepad will not
display certain characters until a second or
corresponding keystroke, such as the ' character and ~.
Even this message required that I use the spacebar. I
type using hunt-and-peck and when I do not see my
characters display immediatly, I assume that the key was
not pressed hard enough and then I press the same key
again resulting in multple characters, such as ''

Use a US keyboard. That's plain US not international US (or any other =
keyboard).
http://support.microsoft.com/default...6560&FR=3D1&P=
A=3D1&SD=3DHSCH
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Battle analysis from Russia
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/...354537501.html
Picture of young girl with foot blown off
http://news.lycos.com/news/photo.asp...s&photoId=3D2=
93509&from=3Demail
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David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
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"David Gauthier" wrote in message =
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again resulting in multple characters, such as ''