Cant use keyboard to chat/type

[DamonKatu]

HELP! I just downloaded and made my account but for some odd reason, I CANT TYPE AT ALL. I pound the keyboard like if I was Jim Carry playing a piano, but no text.

[SunnyD]

Its a common bug mate, do not worry.

CAN'T TYPE ISSUES

1) Uncheck the "Turn off Advanced text services for this program" box in the shortcut properties (Properties --> Compatibility tab) This only applies for Windows XP.

2) by Neo Chaotikal,Apr 20 2007, 11:55 AM:

Okay, I've found a way to solve my problem. For anyone who's been having trouble like hi-Res and I and doesn't know what to do, this should fix it:

Go to the Control Panel and pick Regional and Language Options.

On the Languages tab, hit the Details button on 'Text services and input languages'.

On the window that pops up, you'll see your current default keyboard layout in bold. In my case I see Portuguese (Portugal) > Keyboard > Portuguese.

What you need to do now is hit the Add button and set the input language to English (United States), but Keyboard layout (IME) to what your default is, in my case, Portuguese.

On the previous window, set the new config as the default using the drop-down menu.

You'll probably want to disable the Language Bar if it pops up now and it didn't before, just click on Preferences > Language Bar and untick the first option.

Hit OK on all the windows and try typing in PSOBB again. It'll most likely work and your keys won't be scrambled up as they would if you were to change the IME.

3. by Ettanin

This is a supplement to: http://z7.invisionfree.com/PSO_SERVER_HOME...showtopic=14134

Go to Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Keyboards and Languages -> Change Keyboards -> (After Changing to JP/MS IME) Select Microsoft IME under Japanese, Japan and click on Properties

Do the following:

1. General Tab:

*Set Space and Numeric Pad to Always Half-Width

2. Mixed Japanese/English Tab:

*Allow Conversion in Alphanumeric input mode

*There will be an error message saying "[Editing:Don't use direct input mode] will be OFF. Continue?" Confirm this with "Yes"

3. General Tab (Again):

*Set Default Input Mode to Half-Width Alphanumeric

*Confirm these settings with "Apply"

One of these should fix your problem.

[dragonsl4y]

make sure you are using online.exe for windows xp

vonline.exe for windows vista or 7.

[Yonkou]

Thank you for responding