Now You all know what i'm about to say. But first hear me out.

I am unable to access the console. I have tried everything suggested such as removing infa red devices, Right down to the Ring Of Console. Now Nothing seems to work! I am running Oblivion on XP and have What i think is called a QWERTY Keyboard. I know i have to press the ¬ button but nothing provails. What do I need to do?
Hope someone has the answer.
Thanks, KP

that is SOOOOO wierd.... the only thing i would suggest is playing with your keyboard settings....maybe its set on another language type?....'cause the button your suposed to press is the one over the TAB button.... (just incase)

The only thing I could suggest is to check if the console in enabled in the Oblivion.ini file. You can find the Oblivion.ini file in My Documents\My Games\Oblivion

Open the file and find the line that says bAllowConsole=

If it reads bAllowConsole=0 change it to bAllowConsole=1 and save it.

~ button.

Wish someone would have said that when I asked how to fix my problem. I just checked that out and mines set to 1 and I still can't open the console but the ring of console works for me so I found my way around my problem I hope you find a way around yours KPW.

Well, woogiemonster might be onto something, since the keypress character by OP is incorrect, yet OP says he's on a qwerty keyboard.

Could be a dud key and I have just noticed I'm using library PC at the moment that the ~ key is on the left hand side of the big "return" key, you also have to press shift down whilst pressing it... WEIRD.

By the way its KP not OP if thats what you mean. but seriously My ~ button does bugger all. and i've been told to use the ¬ button like my fried does. And on my keyboard that is the button above tab not ~ which is next to my enter button.

If it was a dud key do you think I would be able to type it? Observe: ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬. Now you tell me if it's a dud or not.

laptops have to use the ¬ key to open console

If you can find the original documentation for your system - look to see if they have a ~ key. usually called tilde key. Some non English keyboards replace the ~ key with a different one. If you are playing the English version of Oblivion with a non English keyboard that could be a problem. If so, there may be a utility to redefine a key to what you need.

try this one
http://majorgeeks.com/KeyTweak_d4161.html

I gave that keytweak a shot but completely ruined things....... Maybe I did it wrong.
But anyway it did no favours for me.
And as for looking in the Oblivion INI file and changing that number thing it was already set to 1.
I guess i'll have to go without or perhaps get a PC of my own. (currently using family's PC) Everyone uses it and I have no right to change that.
Thanks for all the help you guys have given me!

i have one, and it is not true ~