Re: PC in Coma or probably on strike !!!!

I rechecked four computers in my home. Three of the four will work at the
welcome screen without the legacy drivers enabled in the bios. My main
computer did not. I had to reload the Logitech drivers. I guess something
was corrupted.

But without legacy support I can not get into the bios of any of the four
computers. I need a PS2 adapter to do so.

Anyway, you are right about not needing them at the welcome screen, and I
stand corrected.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

"Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23h2hWXvjFHA.3256@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> NOT True! XP will start up correctly when using USB only keyboard/mouse.
> You just may not be able to use them in the BIOS or before XP starts up
> correctly.
>
> Whenever XP will not start up, the usual cuplrits are:
>
> 1) Bad booting hardware: Usually a bad boot sector on hard drive or the
> drive has failed completely.
>
> 2) Bad/incomplete install of "some" software. Usually fixed when
> "offending" software is removed or re-installed.
>
> 3) Virus corruption: Modifies files that control Windows. Never run XP
> without an anti-virus solution.
>
> 4) Spyware: Some type of software that got installed, without anyone
> knowledge, onto your PC. Need to download, from another PC, the Spyware
> removal tools:
>
> AD Aware SE 1.06
> Spybot: Search and Destroy 1.4
> CWShredder
> Winsockxpfix.exe
>
> and install the first three(3). Check and clear out possible spyware,
> while booting in XP "Safe Mode".
>
> 5) Complete failure of motherboard. If you have this problem, you should
> replace the PC and connect this old hard drivde as "slave drive" and try
> to work on saving you files, if possible (hard drivre failure.)
>
> "Richard Urban [MVP]" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:esj2kArjFHA.1948@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> You don't have legacy USB support activated in your bios. Without it your
>> keyboard and mouse may not work. An alternative is to use the PS2
>> adapters that come with many newer mice and keyboards. A PS2
>> mouse/keyboard will work.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> Quote from: George Ankner
>> "If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>>
>> "sammy" <s.brako@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:01c58e96$159b6030$798b1dac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I think my pc is in a coma. It worked fine until thursday afternoon when
>>>it
>>> finally gave up!!!!
>>>
>>> When started it gives a message like "Could not start because of
>>> Hardware
>>> configuration problem..." and that's it.
>>> I tried rescuing it by attempting a repair with the XP CD but when I got
>>> to
>>> the stage where I had to choose an option I realised the keyboard
>>> doesn't
>>> work. I kept pressing R with no success. So in short, I didn't go pass
>>> that
>>> stage. I changed the keyboard but nothing new.
>>>
>>> Strange however, is that, when I used a Dos Start Up Diskette it got to
>>> the
>>> command prompt and I could use both the old and new keyboard to type
>>> everything I wanted to type. So it couldn't be a keyboard problem.
>>> The PROBLEM here was then the fact that the NTFS partition could not be
>>> read from Dos. I couldn't access the C drive. I have tried using a copy
>>> of
>>> Knoppix Linux starting from the cd but can't write to my C drive.
>>> I have read Microsoft Article ID Q314477 but looks like a dead end
>>> because
>>> I can't go pass R for recovery.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions for the task ahead which I will be doing in the weekend
>>> ?.
>>> Is it advisable to try refreshing or flashing Bios or working with a new
>>> (?) harddisk?
>>>
>>> thanks.
>>
>>
>
>


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