i have just installed windows XP home version.when typing into search
boxes,say GOOGLE,only 3 or 4 charachters appear on screen then cursor
disappears.also whe entering quotation marks,they dont appear until
the next key or space bar is struck,and sometimes dont appear or on
top of the next character |
Request for Question Clarification by
mvguy-ga
on
13 Sep 2003 18:10 PDT
What language do you have the keyboard set for? You can go to the
Control Panel and check. Thanks.
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Clarification of Question by
kotemaori-ga
on
13 Sep 2003 19:09 PDT
english[united states]-united states international
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Request for Question Clarification by
mvguy-ga
on
15 Sep 2003 08:37 PDT
If the keyboard is set for U.S. international, that explains why if
you type quote marks they don't appear until another letter is typed.
That is done on purpose; if you type the double quote followed by the
u, you'll get a ü. I can't explain why the cursor disappears, however.
I'd suggest you try changing from United States International to a
standard keyboard layout and see what happens, then let us know.
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Clarification of Question by
kotemaori-ga
on
15 Sep 2003 18:53 PDT
changed to english[united states]us,this cured no problems but added
one,the cursor disappears when using space bar
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Request for Question Clarification by
serenata-ga
on
15 Sep 2003 21:39 PDT
Hi Kotemaori ~
There are any number of problems that can happen with keyboards and
Windows XP.
For instance, there are some known problems with HP and HP multi-media
keyboards, which can be fixed in a couple of ways. There are other
problems with wireless keyboards and/or USB keyboards if you have
something plugged into them.
Let's see if we can help you troubleshoot this.
It would help to know both the computer you are using
and the type, model and make of the keyboard.
Is this a PS/2 connection or a USB connection for the keyboard?
Have you tried updating the drivers for your keyboard? Either at the
Windows update site or at the keyboard manufacturer's site.
Have you tried removing the keyboard in safe mode and rebooting,
letting WinXP find and reinstall it?
If we can get more information, we can probably help you pinpoint the
problem.
Thanks,
Serenata
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Clarification of Question by
kotemaori-ga
on
16 Sep 2003 00:30 PDT
hi serenata,keyboard is microsoft kbd ms k49,multimedia.p4 2.8 800 fsb
cpu,gigabyte mb ga81k1100 raid,mem k512/4oo[x2]sata hds.keyboard
plugged into ps/2.all available updates have been done for windows,but
not the keyboard /driver.the computor is set up to raid mirror the
harddrives,its a highend machine not an off the shelf
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Request for Question Clarification by
serenata-ga
on
16 Sep 2003 01:38 PDT
Hi again.
Three fast suggestions come to mind.
To check if it's system or keyboard, have you plugged another keyboard
in and boot it up to see if that keyboard works? (That's kind of a
fast 'fix' those techie types will try, to eliminate some problems
right away).
The second is to remove the keyboard in safe mode, exit and restart
the computer to see if XP recognizes and picks up the right drivers
for it.
The third is obviously to grab the new drivers for the keyboard
online. There is always a chance the drivers got corrupted installing
XP or whatever. I had to do that for a friend when I installed XP on
her computer last weekend. It just acted wierd til I reinstalled the
keyboard drivers. Using XP's bult-in drivers just didn't seem to work.
Then ... if none of those work, time to go hunting down the problem,
but those are kind of the 'easy' way to see if it's just something
like that.
Not much help, since I can't pinpoint the problem, but at least it
gives YOU something to work on.
Serenata
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