RE: *** Keyboard Input Problems after upgrading from XP Home to Pro **

>From the same guy who posted this question - additional info:

- The OS is on a AMD64 platform and I was trying to install to a second
primary partition on the HD
- Have tried other keyboard configurations (US english, etc) in Control Panel
- As a final try, tried re-installing XP (boot from CD). After the 'DOS'
mode the install would get to the Product Key area as usual - BUT I CANT EVEN
ENTER THE PRODUCT KEY BECAUSE I can't enter a '6'

Anyways, I'm stuck...Help!



"NEEDhelpFROManEXPERT" wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> After upgrading from XP Home to XP Pro, I started to get problems with
> inputting chars using my keyboard. SP2 was installed and re-installed (using
> the 'developer' version of SP2 install image)
>
> The problem doesn't affect the all keys: e.g., '4' on the keybd (not numpad)
> displays '$', and '6' will display '^' (i.e., as if I was holding down
> SHIFT). Periodically, a dialog also box pops up: mentioning about
> FilterKeys, thinking I'm messing with the SHIFT key. I have gone into
> 'Accessibility Options' to see - FilterKeys was not even turned on
>
> The keyboard that I used is brand new, and, I have swapped it with a couple
> of other keyboards functioning fine on other XP Home machines. These other
> keyboards also give me the same problem with char input. I'm pretty sure
> that it is not a matter of cleaning crap out of the keys.
>
> Another related problem (ie, started to happen after Home to Pro upgrade) is
> that when using the mouse in Windows Explorer, if I click i the 'container
> pane' (or wahtever its called - the pane beside the folder pane) I select one
> file but it highlights ALL files above and including the one I selected (just
> like I multi selected)
>
> I know of others, like me, in IT/software dev who have this problem but none
> so far have a solution...
>
> ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ken
>
.

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