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Keyboard issue, really weird.

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by kipjaw

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After taking my computer to a LAN party and unplugging everything/re hooking it all up, everything worked fine untill the Windows login screen came up (Windows XP Pro SP2). Everything worked fine, (peripherals) except my keyboard, (Saitek Eclipse II). Nothing would happen when I typed on this USB keyboard. After trying multiple other keyboards, (both USB and PS/2 keyboards,) nothing had worked. I figured somehow a driver file got damage so i used a boot floppy and copied the file to my hard drive partition where Windows was located, (C:\windows\system32\drivers\(kbdclass.sys being the file)). After it copied succsessfully, I still experience the same problem. I have tried safe mode and other configurations. I have changed nearly all of the settings in the BIOS menu including disabling the USB ports and Legacy Support, but still no luck; (I had a feeling it was a driver issue because of the fact that the PS/2 keyboard works perfect in BIOS but as soon as the windows logo screen came up, from there on it didn' work.)
Any ideas or tips or anything would be greatly appreciated seeing as over 15 days have been spent trying to fix this anomaly.

Thanks,
Kip

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by oh smeg

The current problem and go directly to an In place Install the directions are here

http://tinyurl.com/g4bv8

If you had a Password on Windows you are going to need to Take Ownership of the Files by following the directions here

http://tinyurl.com/3aw7

As you are using this to play games it's unlikely to have the Windows Encrypted File System running but just in case before you do anything you need to remove the HDD fit it to an external caddy and make a copy of the Encryption Key. The directions to do this for EFS are here but only apply to Windows Encrypted File System not to some third Party Encryption System.

http://tinyurl.com/3cd8hf

If you have a third Party Encryption Utility you will need to follow the makers directions, though because of the use that you are putting this unit to I doubt that you will have any of this enabled.

You can try to run some diagnostic tests if you like with the Ultimate Boot CD which is available here

http://tinyurl.com/3jnpy

But I think that you'll find that everything is OK and you just need to reinstall the OS. If you run an In place Install it will leave all of your installed software alone and it will be available to use and you should have access to your data unless you had a password on the system then you need to take ownership of your data and if you have the Windows EFS enabled the Encryption Key will be destroyed so your data will effectively become rubbish.

But after a successful In Place Install you will need to reapply all of the Service Packs and Patches that have become available since your copy of XP Pro was made.

Col

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