Re: Keyboard stopped working
- From: "Woody" <TheDuck@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 22:58:49 GMT
The only driver necessary would be for special keys. The normal keys you are
having trouble with are taken care of in windows. Get a new keyboard. They
are cheap...
"mamamaria" <mamamaria17@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:AA1352D3-D376-4A69-8B58-36E408ECD9F3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I have a similar problem with my keyboard on my VAIO PCG-SRX51P, I can't
>get
> an aswer from Sony. MY cursor keys are all corrupted, including the enter
> key. I have uninstalled and re-installed the driver several times. The
> problem was solved once, everytime after that, the problem persists. Is
> there a way to
> re-install the driver from the disk, without the computer installing it
> automatically? or
> Is there a way to download
> the driver from the windows site? My keyboard is a standard 101/102......
> the worst is that the enter key is not working properly. Thanks in
> advance
> mamamaria17
> france
>
>
> "Yves Leclerc" wrote:
>
>> Access Device Manager. High and expand Keyboards and then select the
>>h correct keyboard. Then, right click the mouser and selecl Properties.
>> Then, select "Driver Detail". This will list the keyboard files.
>>
>>
>> "news.microsoft.com" <fountainpen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:eRmvb0JCFHA.2316@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Then I am in big trouble: If the manufacturer is keeping this all a big
>> > secret, how do I identify what the drivers my machine is using actually
>> > are?
>> > Maybe I can find them elsewhere? Is it in the registry somewhere?
>> >
>> > "Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:OV2%23FkJCFHA.3940@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> The Intellitype drivers are NOT THE STANDARD keyboard drivers.
>> >>
>> >> "news.microsoft.com" <fountainpen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:OTWl83ICFHA.3740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >I have a Toshiba Satellite 1.3GHz on which there is no support (only
>> >> > telephonists who are paid to tell every user to reinstall the OS
>> > whenever
>> >> > they get any problems). My keyboard has stopped working. If I try
>> >> > to
>> > use
>> >> > it, it freezes the keyboard and internal mouse. I can then plug in a
>> >> > USB
>> >> > mouse but cant get the internal touchpad working until I reboot.
>> >> > (The
>> >> > XP
>> >> > on
>> >> > screen keyboard in accessories works fine)
>> >> >
>> >> > Does anyone know how to identify and uninstall the keyboard drivers
>> >> > (I
>> >> > cant
>> >> > ask Toshiba if they are special keyboard drivers for this internal
>> >> > keyboard)
>> >> > if I dare uninstall them and install the standard Microsoft
>> >> > Intellitype
>> >> > drivers from the
>> >> > http://www.Microsoft.com/hardware/keyboard/download.asp
>> >> > site? The multimedia keyboard drivers designed by Toshiba for XP
>> >> > Home
>> >> > as
>> >> > originally installed don't seem to get this keyboard to work in XP
>> >> > Pro
>> > and
>> >> > I
>> >> > know that the keyboard DOES work as it was working just before I
>> >> > uninstalled
>> >> > a hotfix (and it didn't reinstall the backup it had made for this
>> > specific
>> >> > purpose properly).
>> >> >
>> >> > Is there a keyboard .inf file for the keyboard in XP Pro and what is
>> >> > it
>> >> > called? Do I need to delete it before installing the new Microsoft
>> >> > drivers?
>> >> > This does seem to be a windows problem in the registry as the
>> >> > keyboard
>> >> > does
>> >> > work to (for example) do an F8 boot and to enter the product key in
>> >> > a
>> >> > repair
>> >> > install so this is definitely not a hardware problem
>> >> >
>> >> > Lastly I have got a 6 megabyte BACKUP.BKF backup file lying on my D
>> > drive
>> >> > dated probably before the keyboard stopped working. I don't know if
>> >> > it
>> >> > some
>> >> > backup of a registry or of some data which was automatically created
>> > some
>> >> > time. Opening Microsoft Backup in Accessories, it seems to contain
>> >> > something
>> >> > which was on two versions of a C drive, a D drive and a 'system
>> >> > state'
>> >> > setting. It sounds about the size of a registry, - is this likely
>> >> > to
>> >> > contain a working registry which I can use to restore the keyboard
>> >> > and
>> >> > everything else which stopped working when I deleted this hotfix?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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