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Keyboard is disabled after booting Windows XP Pro
My win XP machine has suddenly started disabling my keyboard on Windows
bootup. This applies to both USB and PS2 keyboards. The keyboard functions properly until the windows screen appears with the Blue oscillating bar under the windows logo. In device manager the keyboards have yellow exclaimation point beside them indicating a problem. The properties window says that windows loaded the device driver but can't see the hardware. This is screwy since I can unplug either keyboard and when I plug it back in, Windows PNP sees it, reloads the driver, and then shows the device with a problem. I am out of good ideas. Does anyone have any new one or has anyone experienced the same problem? |
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Keyboard is disabled after booting Windows XP Pro
Assume your mouse is working. In device Manager, uninstall all keyboards,
close down, reboot with PS2 keyboard plugged in. Should work with PS2, that's a generic driver. For USB - is it to a permanent (hard) port or through a hub? Should be permanent port. If PS2 k/b now works, then I'd suggest uninstalling all USB references, shut down and connect ONLY mouse/keyboard. XP will then detect/reinstall all USB drivers/controllers correctly. HTH Len. "BlakeC" wrote in message ... My win XP machine has suddenly started disabling my keyboard on Windows bootup. This applies to both USB and PS2 keyboards. The keyboard functions properly until the windows screen appears with the Blue oscillating bar under the windows logo. In device manager the keyboards have yellow exclaimation point beside them indicating a problem. The properties window says that windows loaded the device driver but can't see the hardware. This is screwy since I can unplug either keyboard and when I plug it back in, Windows PNP sees it, reloads the driver, and then shows the device with a problem. I am out of good ideas. Does anyone have any new one or has anyone experienced the same problem? |
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