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From: jcage on 2 Mar 2010 22:53 Something in my registry is keeping my system from seeing my keyboard upon bootup of my XPproSP2 machine. Might be a virus or spyware but at any rate, it boots fine and allows the mouse to work okay but the keyboard isn't acknowledged. When I booted into safemode, the keyboard appeared to be working all the way until it was time to enter a password to get into Admin (when I started to type the admin password, the num lock LED went out and for all intents and purposes, the keyboard was dead). Aside from the keyboard not working, the system seems to be okay. Also, I have a couple of registries backed up on the machine if I can get into Admin and if there's a way to toggle back and forth between the two registries. When I boot into a guest profile and get into device manager, the CD and keyboard have that yellow mark as though there's an issue with that particular driver. I've tried my normal PS2 keyboard and also a USB keyboard - both seem to have the same effect. Anyone know of any tricks on something like this? TIA
From: BrianAlex on 3 Mar 2010 00:31 On Mar 2, 7:53 pm, jc...(a)lycos.com wrote: > Something in my registry is keeping my system from seeing my keyboard > upon bootup of my XPproSP2 machine. Might be a virus or spyware but > at any rate, it boots fine and allows the mouse to work okay but the > keyboard isn't acknowledged. When I booted into safemode, the > keyboard appeared to be working all the way until it was time to enter > a password to get into Admin (when I started to type the admin > password, the num lock LED went out and for all intents and purposes, > the keyboard was dead). Aside from the keyboard not working, the > system seems to be okay. Also, I have a couple of registries backed up > on the machine if I can get into Admin and if there's a way to toggle > back and forth between the two registries. > > When I boot into a guest profile and get into device manager, the CD > and keyboard have that yellow mark as though there's an issue with > that particular driver. I've tried my normal PS2 keyboard and also a > USB keyboard - both seem to have the same effect. Anyone know of any > tricks on something like this? TIA System Restore?
From: jcage on 3 Mar 2010 09:29 On Mar 2, 9:31 pm, BrianAlex <Brianori...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On Mar 2, 7:53 pm, jc...(a)lycos.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > Something in my registry is keeping my system from seeing my keyboard > > upon bootup of my XPproSP2 machine. Might be a virus or spyware but > > at any rate, it boots fine and allows the mouse to work okay but the > > keyboard isn't acknowledged. When I booted into safemode, the > > keyboard appeared to be working all the way until it was time to enter > > a password to get into Admin (when I started to type the admin > > password, the num lock LED went out and for all intents and purposes, > > the keyboard was dead). Aside from the keyboard not working, the > > system seems to be okay. Also, I have a couple of registries backed up > > on the machine if I can get into Admin and if there's a way to toggle > > back and forth between the two registries. > > > When I boot into a guest profile and get into device manager, the CD > > and keyboard have that yellow mark as though there's an issue with > > that particular driver. I've tried my normal PS2 keyboard and also a > > USB keyboard - both seem to have the same effect. Anyone know of any > > tricks on something like this? TIA > > System Restore? Would that dump my hard drive contents?
From: Steve Urbach on 3 Mar 2010 10:22 On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 06:29:12 -0800 (PST), "jcage(a)lycos.com" <jcage(a)lycos.com> wrote: >On Mar 2, 9:31�pm, BrianAlex <Brianori...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> On Mar 2, 7:53�pm, jc...(a)lycos.com wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Something in my registry is keeping my system from seeing my keyboard >> > upon bootup of my XPproSP2 machine. �Might be a virus or spyware but >> > at any rate, it boots fine and allows the mouse to work okay but the >> > keyboard isn't acknowledged. �When I booted into safemode, the >> > keyboard appeared to be working all the way until it was time to enter >> > a password to get into Admin (when I started to type the admin >> > password, the num lock LED went out and for all intents and purposes, >> > the keyboard was dead). �Aside from the keyboard not working, the >> > system seems to be okay. Also, I have a couple of registries backed up >> > on the machine if I can get into Admin and if there's a way to toggle >> > back and forth between the two registries. >> >> > When I boot into a guest profile and get into device manager, the CD >> > and keyboard have that yellow mark as though there's an issue with >> > that particular driver. �I've tried my normal PS2 keyboard and also a >> > USB keyboard - both seem to have the same effect. �Anyone know of any >> > tricks on something like this? �TIA >> >> �System Restore? > >Would that dump my hard drive contents? System Restore is NOT the same as a Recovery/Installation CD. Note System restore does not always /work/ System Restore will disable some programs that were installed after the "Restore Point", (which may be a good thing if it was that program that caused issues).
From: GlowingBlueMist on 3 Mar 2010 12:09
Steve Urbach wrote: > On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 06:29:12 -0800 (PST), "jcage(a)lycos.com" > <jcage(a)lycos.com> wrote: > >> On Mar 2, 9:31 pm, BrianAlex <Brianori...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> On Mar 2, 7:53 pm, jc...(a)lycos.com wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Something in my registry is keeping my system from seeing my >>>> keyboard upon bootup of my XPproSP2 machine. Might be a virus or >>>> spyware but at any rate, it boots fine and allows the mouse to >>>> work okay but the keyboard isn't acknowledged. When I booted into >>>> safemode, the keyboard appeared to be working all the way until it >>>> was time to enter a password to get into Admin (when I started to >>>> type the admin password, the num lock LED went out and for all >>>> intents and purposes, the keyboard was dead). Aside from the >>>> keyboard not working, the system seems to be okay. Also, I have a >>>> couple of registries backed up on the machine if I can get into >>>> Admin and if there's a way to toggle back and forth between the >>>> two registries. >>> >>>> When I boot into a guest profile and get into device manager, the >>>> CD and keyboard have that yellow mark as though there's an issue >>>> with that particular driver. I've tried my normal PS2 keyboard and >>>> also a USB keyboard - both seem to have the same effect. Anyone >>>> know of any tricks on something like this? TIA >>> >>> System Restore? >> >> Would that dump my hard drive contents? > System Restore is NOT the same as a Recovery/Installation CD. > > Note System restore does not always /work/ > System Restore will disable some programs that were installed after > the "Restore Point", (which may be a good thing if it was that > program that caused issues). Do you have more than one account with administrator levels? If so, does the same thing happen with all of them or just the account you normally login into? Other than that it sounds about time for a system repair install from the origional CD's. Since I have not had to do one for a couple of years I don't remember for sure if it wipes out anything more than the old windows files and drivers. Then it's back to the old update's from hell routine until it's caught back up to the present date. |