Keyboard layout chooses its own letters

Hi
I have a macbook from spain, with a spanish keyboard., but when i type i notice my keyboard changed from Spanish to French on its own., i can see the flags in the menu.
I tried using the keyboard viewer to see what lay out matches the keyboard and even that is in correct.,for exampple a upside down exclamating mark ¡ which is not on the actuall keyboard at all.

I tried using the keyboard viewer to see what lay out matches the keyboard and even that is in correct.,for exampple a upside down exclamating mark ¡ which is not on the actuall keyboard at all.
If you see the ¡ in keyboard viewer, it probably means that the layout for Spanish ISO is active. You need to uncheck the box for that (and any other layouts) and check only the box for Spanish.

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