Re: keyboard disabled

From: Mike Brown (mikebNOSPAM_at_NOSPAMassetforwarding.comNOSPAM)
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:32:25 -0500

"Oscar Dinmohamed" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2d95801c469e6$922d66a0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >Try booting with a boot diskette from www.bootdisk.com.
> This will get you
> >to the root of your problem.
> >
> Hi Mike,
> Thanks for your help.
> I did what you suggested, but I can't fix the problem.
> When installing windows from the 4 diskettes the system
> tries to fix the OS.
> I choose to fix it automaticalley, but during the check
> of the drives the system pops-up with a message saying
> that it could not find a SP2.CAB file and that setup will
> end. The only thing I can do is press F3-Quit.
>
> I also tried to install and fix the OS with the emergency
> disk, but when I insert the disk, the system keeps asking
> to insert the disk.
>
> When I decide to let the system search for the OS itself,
> I get the first error message about the SP2.CAB file.
>
> I searched on my C drive and the SP2.CAB file is in the
> WINNT\I386 folder, so I don't see any problems.
>
> Other suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Oscar

Sorry if I was vague, but the point of downloading and using the boot disk
was to see if your keyboard works in DOS mode. From the feedback you gave
here, I'm assuming that it does. The easiest option for you at this point
is to reinstall the operating system, since it looks like you have corrupt
files. This is a double-edged sword: your personal (data) files like
documents, pictures, etc. will be saved this way, but you'll have to
reinstall most of your programs because the registry will be deleted and
rebuilt. Boot from the Windows 2000 installation CD-ROM or your 4 boot
disks that you have, and the process will begin. Choose install instead of
repair. 

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Mike Brown
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