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Keyboard doesn't work in command prompt?
Name: Kevin C Date: August 11, 2001 at 09:42:47 Pacific
Comment:
I just installed ME, and the keyboard works fine in windows, but when I go to command prompt the \ key produces a > and the ~ produces |, which can be a pain for moving around in DOS.. tried reinstalling the keyboard in control panel.. any other suggestions? seems that the keyboard layout settings for DOS and Win may be stored in a different place... any help is appreciated, thanks
Name: Steve Date: August 12, 2001 at 07:25:43 Pacific
Reply:
Had the same problem with my USB KB you didn't mention whether yours was a USB or not but I had the option to plug mine into my KB port and it works fine in both windows and DOS
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Response Number 2
Name: Kevin C Date: August 12, 2001 at 07:49:59 Pacific
Reply:
It's not USB.. its just a standard PS2 connector.. maybe I will just try reinstalling it again =) damn windows!
Summary: On every Windows computer I have tried, I can use %CD% to get the value of the current directory in a batch script or command prompt. However, I just tried it on a machine with Windows ME and it didn'...
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