Robert in CA wrote:
I like the Microsoft 4000 but you mentioned you know
of others like it that I could buy from other manufactures?
However remember when recommending that I have issues
with my wrists and I have to have keys that work like a 'typewriter'
if you know what I mean. That's one of the reasons why I
like the 4000.

I checked Newegg: what do you think of this one and it has
good reviews

https://www.newegg.com/logitech-k350...-076-_-Product


To be honest I only use about half the keyboard. I don't have any
of the function keys set up and some of the keys I've never used
and have no idea what they're for. I searched for a 4000 user
manual but I'm leery of downloading anything because of my past
history. However if I get the Logitech I'll have to learn that keyboard
too and have no idea what the side keys and top keys are but its
very similar to to the 4000.

So you're saying to delete the key so the hardware drivers will be
forced to re-install.
I have a Kapersky CD (2018) but I would need instructions from you
in order to do this.


Do you want me to use Sharp keys or try my Kapersky CD?

I couldn't find Intellitype listed

https://postimg.cc/QFS0NSpj

As you say, we have something similar to an intermittent problem and
difficult to track down and your suggestion of deleting the key sounds
like a good first step. We can always restore if needed. btw can I restore
to 3-4-21 if I need to next time?

Here's the Device Manager:

https://postimg.cc/2Vt5pNtY

https://postimg.cc/gX4YNChf

https://postimg.cc/DSsntJsQ

https://postimg.cc/cKBZLpFr

Robert


I think SharpKeys is worth a look. To see if you can
see the miscreant, as a registry translator and not an
active agent. Since you're working in your crusty old image,
if anything breaks, you can restore a newer one. That's
why we have so many to choose from :-) There is a
download button on this page.

https://windowsreport.com/software/sharpkeys/

*******

For Kaspersky, I checked my collection, and a disc (or ISO)
after Feb.2013 or so, should have the RegistryEditor. This
is a picture of the interface when it is running (as
provided by Kaspersky).

https://support.kaspersky.com/images...213-459607.png

Now, on my ISO collection, this is what I found. When you use 7ZIP
on the ISO, you can burrow right down and into the Linux materials
for a look. That's how I located this (took a while to find it).
I needed to find this, so I would have a way of determining how
modern the CD needs to be.

H:\kaspersky_dec2013\kav_rescue_10.iso\rescue\Live OS\squashfs.img\LiveOS\ext3fs.img\usr\sbin\
RegistryEditor 467,164 bytes

Discs shipping before 2013, don't have that file and the ISO file
is also smaller as well.

I usually write the date of preparation on the KAV CD jewel box,
to help me keep them straight.

If you had a Kaspersky subscription, I would not have you run
the LiveCD, because it copies the Base files over to the root of C:
when it is working. And that might interfere with the subscription
version for all I know. But you use Avast/AVG and Malwarebytes,
so there won't be a conflict there.

In any case, the first picture here is done with Kaspersky CD booted.
That's harder to do in a VM than it looks, and required the
services of EasyBCD 2.4 to get it to work (chainload).

The second picture shows the victim OS came up properly afterwards.
The left hand side of the second picture, shows a "real" copy
of Windows 7 has a huge ENUM. Whereas the virtual machine has
so little in the way of virtual hardware, it doesn't have a lot
of entries. That's why there is a size difference. The second
picture shows that the test OS survived the experience.

https://i.postimg.cc/Cx2vY9hz/enum-delete.gif

https://i.postimg.cc/RhGRYDpC/restar...num-delete.gif

Paul