Re: Keyboard Still Won't Work on Startup

Boot to the Recovery Console, and run the command :
CHKDSK /R
Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314058

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"KIR" <kenandkatherine@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Re: keyboard Won't Work on Startup, posted on 1/13/08.

I uninstalled and reinstalled the keyboard driver but the problem
continues. The only way I can get it to work is to do an error-check (disk
check) after a hard shutdown. I really don't want to have to resort to
using a USB keyboard as all my USB ports are already in use. My machine is
about 7 years old but has never given me any trouble until now. Any
thoughts at this point? Please read 1/13 post for important details.
Thanks.

Ken



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