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Hey everyone this is my first post and unfortunatly its about me needing help. I am currently running Windows XP home edition version 2002 service pack 1, with intel pentium 4 cpu at 1.6GHz and 512 MB of ram. After installing a new driver for my keyboard the system would freeze and lock up upon startup. I went through a huge multitude of steps and eventually ended up in msconfig under services, I enabled and disabled every service (except required services) until i found plug and play was causing the system to lock up. I am not sure if the attempt at a new keyboard driver has anything to do with that or not, and im still in highschool so dont know enough about computers to understand how plug and play is related or can freeze up the system. I know this is a long post but any help would be appreciated. :o
Plug-N-Play would definitely be part of the picture if the keyboard is USB; is it?
Also- it isn't usually necessary to add drivers for a keyboard. What make/model is the keyboard and what exact software for it did you install?
Also- it isn't usually necessary to add drivers for a keyboard. What make/model is the keyboard and what exact software for it did you install?
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Originally Posted by DMR
Plug-N-Play would definitely be part of the picture if the keyboard is USB; is it?
Also- it isn't usually necessary to add drivers for a keyboard. What make/model is the keyboard and what exact software for it did you install?
Sorry DMR i should have included that information. The keyboard is HP PS2 keyboard (2K - 3). So the keyboard is PS/2 and the software I installed was .. well im not exactly sure, I was on the HP site and stumbled across a keyboard driver update and i thought since i had never updated my keyboard driver before that I should and once I did all that happened. Could I have downloaded the wrong driver or could it have gotten corrupted somehow? But you also said that a USB keyboard would affect plug-n-play but what about, PS/2 ? Thanks for your time.
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don't think you should have downloaded that driver. Perhaps it was for a different model? Was there anything wrong with your keyboard previously?
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Originally Posted by slade
don't think you should have downloaded that driver. Perhaps it was for a different model? Was there anything wrong with your keyboard previously?
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Actually wait come to think of it.. none of my internet buttons or music buttons worked and i couldnt open the keyboard options from the control panel, thats why i downloaded the driver
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There should have been software bundled with the keyboard for that...
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There was originally but I had a severe hard drive problem about a month ago and had to send it in to get repaired, they had to replace the hard drive and they said they reinstalled the OS and everything required.. perhaps something was missed
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DMR had said that plug and play was related to USB devices tho. I don't know why trying to install a new driver for the keyboard would mess up plug and play if its only for USB. And the keyboard is still working somehow.
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