What is the language/locale setting?
Are you able to type punctuations in Notepad?
If you shift-type all the numbers, do you get the correct characters? ( ! @ # ..etc.)
Rob

All installed from the same disk? Same problem on multiple machines suggests something wrong with the original installation files, unless you are making some basic mistake that I can't figure out.

Sorry...no spell check and a new keyboard....bad combo.

Bob

OK...locale language setting is english, i am able to type all punctuations and shift-type in notepad and i get all the correct characters. To answer your questions Ed...yes it is all installed from the same disk so that might be somthing to look into. The only thing that would be odd about that is that it does not start happening immediatly after installation. After i create a new account and install PS it will run fine for anywhere between a week to a month or even longer but once it goes bad, other then creating a new account, i havnt been able to solve this problem. I did a little experimenting with PS as well as other programs to see if anything else was effected. With PS I get the "invalid numeric entry" error again if i try to type in a specific sizes in the toolbar (ex. if i select to crop and then try to type in Height at 1in and width at 1in the message pops up). As far as text goes all keys and shift-keys work just fine. I did find that whatever is going on is also affecting my calculator. When i am trying to use the PCs calcualtor I am not able to use the decimal to represent a fraction of a number. I also went back and double checked the programs that i have running on both my desktop and laptop. The programs are Maya 8.0, Microsoft Office Suite, and an online game (Star Wars Galaxies).

Hmm. I seem to recall an issue with MS Outlook, but that might have been on Mac. I think the solution had something to do with inputting a password.

Wow...i just found out what it was i think and it had to do with a program a friend made from the online game. For some reason this programs screws up both the "," and the "." keys. The problem quits if the program is running but once you shut it off the problem starts back up. Thanks for all the help guys and just a little FYI...if you ever start playing Star Wars Galaxies do not download the Reverse Engeneering Calculator :)

Noted.

Bob