Quote Originally Posted by 'keyclone',index.php?page=Thread&postID=122982#pos t122982
it sounds like there is a shell application launching wow... or the OS is putting some shell around wow.

you say you tried flipping CHECKing the xp compatibility mode and that didn't work... hmm.
Yes, XP compatibility mode (and the others) didn't work

i have heard of locale specific keyboard filters that allow you to type into applications using international (foreign to the US) keyboard sets. i just can't remember where it was set.

look around in the properties of the wow application (right-click/properties on wow.exe)
Do you talk about a Windows Vista feature or something specific that I would have installed ?

I tried to kill all the process not needed by the system, but that doesn't change anything.

I'll see this evening if I find something about that (at work atm), thanks for your help