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keyboard driver not working, help
Name: KennewickMan Date: August 19, 2001 at 11:42:14 Pacific
Comment:
Recently, while troubleshooting a non-functioning keyboard sleep key, I reinstalled the incorrect driver for my Microsoft keyboard. Now my keyboard and mouse are not recognized when I boot into windows. Both are PS2 devices. This occurrs even in safe mode. And I can't switch to USB, as USB software autoinstall features require confirmation by clicking "OK", and you need a keyboard to do that! In in a trap. I need out! Any ideas?
Name: oatmeal Date: August 19, 2001 at 12:33:59 Pacific
Reply:
The name for the keyboard (and mouse) driver is "i8042prt.sys"
Make a win98 (yes 98) boot disk and copy that file to it as well. When you get into DOS, copy that aforementioned file to c:/winnt/system32/drivers folder.
Then reboot. Overwrite the file if need be.
You can get the file at filesearching.com if you dont have it
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Response Number 2
Name: KennewickMan Date: August 19, 2001 at 19:19:22 Pacific
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Well, I tried what you said. I alread had that file in the c:/winnt/system32/drivers folder, but I copied it anyway fresh from a backup folder I had. No luck. Didn't do anything. Any other ideas?
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Response Number 3
Name: oatmeal Date: August 20, 2001 at 06:01:38 Pacific
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Just for fun, try hitting F8 on boot, and instead of hitting safe mode, choose "last known good configuration"
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