Nothing to apologise for! Have a look at this link. It explains how to
configure various operating systems so that you can type Icelandic
characters, including Windows XP.

http://www.mentalcode.com/nl/islenska/kbd.page?return=%2Fnl%2Fislenska%2Findex.page%23kbd

Hope that helps.

--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "doodlydoodly74"
<doodlydoodly74@...> wrote:

>
> Hey guys, I'm brand new on this forum and to Old Icelandic in general.
> I'm trying to learn by myself and this forum looks like it will be a
> lot of help.
>
> I have a question and I am going to apologize for it in advance because
> I'm sure it has been answered a million times. How does one go about
> setting up a PC keyboard running windows XP to incorporate the Norse
> characters. I am in the United States using the standard keyboard
> settings. My friend did something so that I could type umlauts when I
> write German but I've never been able to get an ess-set so I just do
> double s.
>
> Could someone help me out.
>
> Thanks,
> BJ
>