Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:1549 comp.windows.ms:5330 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Upgraded to enhanced keyboard and windows bombs out Message-ID: Date: 17 Sep 90 16:19:50 GMT References: <29561@netnews.upenn.edu> Sender: news@seri.gov (news) Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 28 chaim@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Dr. Chaim Dworkin) writes: > Now my old keyboard died and I went out and purchased a new one. The >new one is an enhanced keyboard (has 12 function keys and separate inverted >T cursor keys). The new keyboard seems to work fine in everything I do >except when I run MS Windows 3.0 where I get lots of keyboard errors. For >example in Ami Pro, my wordprocessor, the inverted T cursor keys give me >numbers on the screen instead of moving the cursor and the extra keys >labeled HOME, END, PgUp, PgDn, Ins, Del don't work. However all those keys >work just fine when I used the keypad. Also sometimes no matter what I do >all I get are shifted keys. These problems didn't exist with the old keyboard. > Would it help if I >reinstalled Windows? Does Windows have a line in one of its .ini files >specifying type of keyboard? You must run Windows Setup from the Main Group and tell it that you are now using an enhanced keyboard. Not doing so causes the symptoms you describe. >Thanks for your help. You're welcome. -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future