Keyboard layout changed

Recently I downgraded my HP Pavillion dv6000 series from Vista to XP. However, since the change, I have noticed some odd quirks about my keyboard layout. Most vital keys are the same, but many symbols have been altered. " and @ symbols have been switched. My # turned into £. Backslash is now ~, and tilde is now ¬. Any suggestions?

what region and locale did you set it to?
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