Question

My Windows 7 installation automatically tries to pair quotes and does a very poor job. For example, when I press the quote key before a word nothing happens, but when I move the cursor to the end of the word and press the quote key again, both quotes are inserted after the word. Basically I am unable to insert one quote and it’s super annoying.

It is a windows functionality, because it happens in all programs.

How do I disable it?

Answer 1

The problem is in the installed keyboard (windows input service).

1. In your Control Panel > Region and Language > Keyboards and Languages you’ll most likely find US Keyboard – International, which is an input service that has the ugly autocomplete feature.
2. Add a new keyboard English – US (or Serbian or any other you like) and make it the default keyboard (in the drop down list above).
3. Remove the “buggy” keyboard.
4. Voila!

Hope this works for you!