I recently changed keyboards. I have an hp. When I purchased it, it had a program called an extended keyboard that had multimedia functions in it. Well, I tried to delete this program in my add/delete program section. I thought it was deleted. When I turned the computer on the next day, I get an error message saying that "HP extended Keyboard Error" "The underlying service is not installed or running. To completely uninstall program use Windows add/delete program" When I try to uninstall it again it says "error string product_name was not found in string table" How can I keep the first error message from coming up when I start windows?????It requires an extra step to get the computer running to click the close box. Thanks Ray

HP extended Keyboard Error http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=HP+extended+Keyboard+Error&btnG=Search&meta=

you could just go into msconfig and disable the application so it doesnt load on boot, that would probably sort it

I looked at msconfig but am not sure what program would load it...how can one tell? I don't want to disable something I might need.I tried relading the drivers but no help! I tried restoring the computer to the last time I know I didn't get the message but even that doesn't work. Ray

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.htm http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.htm http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/ http://www.internetfixes.com/help_desk_winxp/winxp_13.htm http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_msconfig.htm http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1153281,00.asp http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q310/5/60.asp&NoWebContent=1 http://is-it-true.org/nt/xp/utips/utips19.shtml http://aumha.org/win4/a/loads.htm http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/winxp_services/services-3.shtml http://pcsupport.about.com/library/weekly/aa121502a.htm How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q310560&ID=KB;EN-US;q310560

I found a way to disable it in the msconfig! I did it by trial and error. Thanks for all the suggestions. Ray