[smillsco]

I reinstalled Windows XP using the upgrade installation. It did not solve the problem.

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Hang on. I'll ask some other experts how we can best get this done.

Regards,

[Metallica]

Hang on. I'll ask some other experts how we can best get this done.

Regards,

[Metallica]

Click Start, Settings, Control Panel and double click the Regional and Language Options icon.
Within the Regional and Language Options window click the Languages tab.
Within the Text Services and Input Languages window open the Settings tab and check if the correct language is set.

And could you tell us what you did mean with this exactly?

I reinstalled Windows XP using the upgrade installation. It did not solve the problem.

Regards,

[smillsco]

I checked and it is set to English-US.

I reinstalled Windows XP Pro from an installation CD. I selected the upgrade option from the menu in order to keep my settings. I thought that it may reinstall the missing files. It did not.

[Metallica]

Is your keyboard connected by PS2 or USB ?

And do you have one with a different connector that you can try.

(Just in case)
The picture shows what they look like.
Green is PS2, black is USB

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[Metallica]

Another option that was proposed:

Remove the keyboard by right-clicking MY COMPUTER, choose PROPERTIES, choose HARDWARE, choose DEVICE MANAGER, then right click KEYBOARD, then choose UNINSTALL.

Reboot.

Windows will redetect the keyboard and reinstall the default driver.

Regards,

[smillsco]

I have already uninstalled the keyboard and allowed windows to detect it. It does detect the keyboard and install the drivers, but it still does not work.

My current keyboard is a PS-2. I will hook up my USB keyboard and see if I can detect that one.

[Metallica]

OK. Let us know.

Regards,

[smillsco]

I HOOKED UP MY USB KEYBOARD W/SAME RESULT.

[Metallica]

Download and extract xkeyb.cab from one of these mirrors:
http://www.nu2.nu/do...sFile=xkeyb.cab

In the bin folder find:
xkeyb.bat and doubleclick to run it.

Let me know if that helps.

Regards,

[smillsco]

Ran it, now i get a keyboard failure message as soon as I turn on the computer. Cannot start at all w/ kb connected.

[Metallica]

[bleep]


Can you post the exact text of the error message please?

[smillsco]

'keyboard failure' It used to say 'device failure'
it comes up before windows even starts to load.

[Metallica]

OK. I'm leaving the trail we have followed sofar assuming we killed a legitimate driver.

Your error message led us here:
http://www.pcguide.c...en_Keyboard.htm

Be carefull when you are working on or near the motherboard. The slightest leak of static energy at the wrong place can ruin your computer.

Regards,

Edited by Metallica, 05 August 2005 - 02:52 PM.