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Old July 6th 18, 08:35 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Tim Slattery[_2_]
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Default MS ergonomic keyboard problems

We just bought a Microsoft "Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop" for my wife's
Dell tower running Windows 8.1. It consists of an ergonomic keyboard,
a mouse, and a separate number pad.

So we brought it home, plugged the USB nub into a USB port, removed
the little tabs keeping the batteries fresh, turned on the mouse
and...

The mouse works fine. The keyboard and number pad don't. Oddly, the
keyboard works for typing in the password when she logs in to her
account. But once her desktop appears...nothing. No response from
keyboard or number pad.

One exception: there's a little key on both the keyboard and the
number pad that brings up a a calculator window. That works on both
the keyboard and number pad. Nothing else works. WTF??

We took it back to Best Buy, the Geek Squad guy plugged the USB nub
into his laptop and -- everything works. He says to leave the nub
plugged into the computer for a while, sometimes these gizmos will
download a driver from the Internet. I'm not so sure, but that's what
I'm doing at the moment.

Any ideas?

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tim at risingdove dot com
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Old July 6th 18, 08:56 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Bob_S[_3_]
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Default MS ergonomic keyboard problems

"Tim Slattery" wrote in message
...

We just bought a Microsoft "Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop" for my wife's
Dell tower running Windows 8.1. It consists of an ergonomic keyboard,
a mouse, and a separate number pad.

So we brought it home, plugged the USB nub into a USB port, removed
the little tabs keeping the batteries fresh, turned on the mouse
and...

The mouse works fine. The keyboard and number pad don't. Oddly, the
keyboard works for typing in the password when she logs in to her
account. But once her desktop appears...nothing. No response from
keyboard or number pad.

One exception: there's a little key on both the keyboard and the
number pad that brings up a a calculator window. That works on both
the keyboard and number pad. Nothing else works. WTF??

We took it back to Best Buy, the Geek Squad guy plugged the USB nub
into his laptop and -- everything works. He says to leave the nub
plugged into the computer for a while, sometimes these gizmos will
download a driver from the Internet. I'm not so sure, but that's what
I'm doing at the moment.

Any ideas?

"Tim Slattery" wrote in message
...

We just bought a Microsoft "Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop" for my wife's
Dell tower running Windows 8.1. It consists of an ergonomic keyboard,
a mouse, and a separate number pad.

So we brought it home, plugged the USB nub into a USB port, removed
the little tabs keeping the batteries fresh, turned on the mouse
and...

The mouse works fine. The keyboard and number pad don't. Oddly, the
keyboard works for typing in the password when she logs in to her
account. But once her desktop appears...nothing. No response from
keyboard or number pad.

One exception: there's a little key on both the keyboard and the
number pad that brings up a a calculator window. That works on both
the keyboard and number pad. Nothing else works. WTF??

We took it back to Best Buy, the Geek Squad guy plugged the USB nub
into his laptop and -- everything works. He says to leave the nub
plugged into the computer for a while, sometimes these gizmos will
download a driver from the Internet. I'm not so sure, but that's what
I'm doing at the moment.

Any ideas?


https://www.microsoft.com/accessorie...onomic-desktop

Select the appropriate OS under "Software & Drivers" and install.
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Old July 6th 18, 09:54 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Tim Slattery[_2_]
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Default MS ergonomic keyboard problems

"Bob_S" wrote:



https://www.microsoft.com/accessorie...onomic-desktop

Select the appropriate OS under "Software & Drivers" and install.


Been there, done that. It apparently just installs a nice program that
lets you customize the keyboard, mouse, and number pad in various
ways. It does NOT affect the (non) function of the keyboard or number
pad. Everything worked exactly the same after running this thing as
before running it.

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tim at risingdove dot com
 




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