External keyboard not working

[lumiere]

Hi, hope this is the correct forum. The external keyboard on my old Toshiba
4010CDS stoppped working lately. Went out and bought new keyboard but still
won't work. Using 98SE.

Any suggestions to fixing this problem, hate the laptop's keyboard.

Thanks.

[Don Phillipson]

"lumiere" > wrote in message
...

> Hi, hope this is the correct forum. The external keyboard on my old
Toshiba
> 4010CDS stoppped working lately. Went out and bought new keyboard but
still
> won't work. Using 98SE.

Laptop keyboards may be non-standard: consult the
Toshiba web site and send a message if you
do not find what you require.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

[PCR]

(1) What does it say at "Control Panel, Keyboard. Language tab"?
I am "English (United States) United States 101" there. Perhaps
even look at "Control Panel, Regional Settings", where you may wish to
be "English (United States)".

(2) "START button, Run, SysEdit".
Is the Keyboard mentioned in "Config.sys" or "Autoexec.bat"?
Perhaps post those files, then, or just put "REM " in front of that
line.

(3) Finally... (though personally, I'd hate to do it)...

(a) Boot to Safe Mode.
(Hold F5 as you boot, or hold CTRL for the Startup Menu, & select
Safe Mode from that. Or turn on the Startup Menu at "START, Run,
MSConfig, Advanced button".)
(b) "START, Settings, Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab".
(c) Open the Keyboard branch, by clicking it's plus sign.
(d) Especially if there are multiple devices in that branch... highlight
each one, & click "Remove"-- each one in the branch, because there's no
telling which is the "ghost".
(e) Close up, & boot to Normal Mode.

Hopefully Windows will find the correct drivers, & all will be well.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"lumiere" > wrote in message
...
| Hi, hope this is the correct forum. The external keyboard on my old
Toshiba
| 4010CDS stoppped working lately. Went out and bought new keyboard but
still
| won't work. Using 98SE.
|
| Any suggestions to fixing this problem, hate the laptop's keyboard.
|
| Thanks.