Start – Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Languages Tab > Details Button > Add > English (United Kingdom) > Click the Scrollbar to set the default to English (United Kingdom) > Click Apply.
Job is a good ‘un 😉
It won’t kill you to change your location to UK etc whilst you’re at it.
It was a matter of pressing the left alt key and shift… What a perfectly pointless key configeration… its not like you will suddenly need to swap them when writing your dissertation or anything!!