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unable to enter name + serial (keyboard.drv doesn't initialize)
Anyone know of where I can't get an updated or replacement of keyboard.drv
that will work with my Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222? I can't load any regular windows drivers or anything because "I have to enter a name to use Windows" In my bootlog.txt it shows successful loading of KEYBOARD.DRV, but it fails to initialize. I have tried adding several different drivers to the config.sys, I found keyboard.sys and keybrd2 - keybrd4, all of these cause a hang at their loading. I noticed that vmmouse.vxd is loaded but a keyboard.vxd doesn't seem to even be required because a search online didn't really return anything. Removing keyboard.drv didn't help, it caused my to not even get to the screen where it asks for a name. My next plan of action is to find a replacement keyboard.drv online somewhere, and if that doesn't work then I'm going to remove all non-essential hardware and do a bare bones attempt (thinking there could be a conflict between the keyboard.drv and something else in my system). I couldn't find anyone else who's ever had this problem after hours of searching (probably because most don't have multi-OS) Is there a way to bypass the need for name entering perhaps? Also is there a way to do safe-mode? (doesn't appear possible until you've run Windows at least once and entered your name + serial) |
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When you say that it asks for a name, do you mean the Windows logon screen?
If so, click the cancel button to bypass the screen. Once booted, do a find on *.pwl and rename the one you find by changing the extension to: .pwb That should allow you on a subsequent boot to enter a user name and a password in the logon screen. Should you not want a logon screen, you can enter a user name and a blank password. Blank Password: Go to control panel, network, primary network logon and select Windows Logon. Go to control panel, passwords, user profiles and ensure the "all user's" box is marked. If you have a password established, go to control panel, passwords, change windows password, type the password in the old box, leave the rest blank and OK your way out. If you have forgotten your password, delete the .pwl file with your user name (mine is ron.pwl); however, be aware that you will lose all passwords stored in the ..pwl file. If you do not have a password established or have deleted the ..pwl file, when the W95/98 logon screen appears at boot, type a user name only and hit OK. If the logon screen continues to appear and you have Tweak UI installed, go to the Paranoia tab and remove the mark from "clear last user." Now that you have fooled with your config.sys file, rename it to: config.bak as this file is not required by Windows to boot. If I have guessed wrong on what you mean, please post back with more details. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Joe7dust" wrote in message ... Anyone know of where I can't get an updated or replacement of keyboard.drv that will work with my Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222? I can't load any regular windows drivers or anything because "I have to enter a name to use Windows" In my bootlog.txt it shows successful loading of KEYBOARD.DRV, but it fails to initialize. I have tried adding several different drivers to the config.sys, I found keyboard.sys and keybrd2 - keybrd4, all of these cause a hang at their loading. I noticed that vmmouse.vxd is loaded but a keyboard.vxd doesn't seem to even be required because a search online didn't really return anything. Removing keyboard.drv didn't help, it caused my to not even get to the screen where it asks for a name. My next plan of action is to find a replacement keyboard.drv online somewhere, and if that doesn't work then I'm going to remove all non-essential hardware and do a bare bones attempt (thinking there could be a conflict between the keyboard.drv and something else in my system). I couldn't find anyone else who's ever had this problem after hours of searching (probably because most don't have multi-OS) Is there a way to bypass the need for name entering perhaps? Also is there a way to do safe-mode? (doesn't appear possible until you've run Windows at least once and entered your name + serial) |
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Nonono, sorry you went through all that trouble. I figured you would know I
meant the first startup screen since I was unable to enter the serial as well. It is the screen where M$ ask you for the name of the person who will be using this computer and demands you follow orders like a good consumer whore, or you won't be allowed to use the software you purchased from them. Its a bit hard to answer this demand with a keyboard driver that doesn't work and no implemented functionality for installing one. If I mess with the driver files it fails to load (presumably for security against piracy, probably also the same reason why safe-mode isn't allowed to be used yet) "Ron Badour" wrote: When you say that it asks for a name, do you mean the Windows logon screen? If so, click the cancel button to bypass the screen. Once booted, do a find on *.pwl and rename the one you find by changing the extension to: .pwb That should allow you on a subsequent boot to enter a user name and a password in the logon screen. Should you not want a logon screen, you can enter a user name and a blank password. Blank Password: Go to control panel, network, primary network logon and select Windows Logon. Go to control panel, passwords, user profiles and ensure the "all user's" box is marked. If you have a password established, go to control panel, passwords, change windows password, type the password in the old box, leave the rest blank and OK your way out. If you have forgotten your password, delete the .pwl file with your user name (mine is ron.pwl); however, be aware that you will lose all passwords stored in the ..pwl file. If you do not have a password established or have deleted the ..pwl file, when the W95/98 logon screen appears at boot, type a user name only and hit OK. If the logon screen continues to appear and you have Tweak UI installed, go to the Paranoia tab and remove the mark from "clear last user." Now that you have fooled with your config.sys file, rename it to: config.bak as this file is not required by Windows to boot. If I have guessed wrong on what you mean, please post back with more details. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Joe7dust" wrote in message ... Anyone know of where I can't get an updated or replacement of keyboard.drv that will work with my Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222? I can't load any regular windows drivers or anything because "I have to enter a name to use Windows" In my bootlog.txt it shows successful loading of KEYBOARD.DRV, but it fails to initialize. I have tried adding several different drivers to the config.sys, I found keyboard.sys and keybrd2 - keybrd4, all of these cause a hang at their loading. I noticed that vmmouse.vxd is loaded but a keyboard.vxd doesn't seem to even be required because a search online didn't really return anything. Removing keyboard.drv didn't help, it caused my to not even get to the screen where it asks for a name. My next plan of action is to find a replacement keyboard.drv online somewhere, and if that doesn't work then I'm going to remove all non-essential hardware and do a bare bones attempt (thinking there could be a conflict between the keyboard.drv and something else in my system). I couldn't find anyone else who's ever had this problem after hours of searching (probably because most don't have multi-OS) Is there a way to bypass the need for name entering perhaps? Also is there a way to do safe-mode? (doesn't appear possible until you've run Windows at least once and entered your name + serial) |
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Do you mean you are doing an install of W98 and cannot enter the product key
or the name of the owner? If so, the first thing I'd do is make sure the keyboard works properly on another PC. There should not be anything special in the way of drivers required--the keyboard should work if the hardware is good. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Joe7dust" wrote in message ... Nonono, sorry you went through all that trouble. I figured you would know I meant the first startup screen since I was unable to enter the serial as well. It is the screen where M$ ask you for the name of the person who will be using this computer and demands you follow orders like a good consumer whore, or you won't be allowed to use the software you purchased from them. Its a bit hard to answer this demand with a keyboard driver that doesn't work and no implemented functionality for installing one. If I mess with the driver files it fails to load (presumably for security against piracy, probably also the same reason why safe-mode isn't allowed to be used yet) "Ron Badour" wrote: When you say that it asks for a name, do you mean the Windows logon screen? If so, click the cancel button to bypass the screen. Once booted, do a find on *.pwl and rename the one you find by changing the extension to: .pwb That should allow you on a subsequent boot to enter a user name and a password in the logon screen. Should you not want a logon screen, you can enter a user name and a blank password. Blank Password: Go to control panel, network, primary network logon and select Windows Logon. Go to control panel, passwords, user profiles and ensure the "all user's" box is marked. If you have a password established, go to control panel, passwords, change windows password, type the password in the old box, leave the rest blank and OK your way out. If you have forgotten your password, delete the .pwl file with your user name (mine is ron.pwl); however, be aware that you will lose all passwords stored in the ..pwl file. If you do not have a password established or have deleted the ..pwl file, when the W95/98 logon screen appears at boot, type a user name only and hit OK. If the logon screen continues to appear and you have Tweak UI installed, go to the Paranoia tab and remove the mark from "clear last user." Now that you have fooled with your config.sys file, rename it to: config.bak as this file is not required by Windows to boot. If I have guessed wrong on what you mean, please post back with more details. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Joe7dust" wrote in message ... Anyone know of where I can't get an updated or replacement of keyboard.drv that will work with my Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222? I can't load any regular windows drivers or anything because "I have to enter a name to use Windows" In my bootlog.txt it shows successful loading of KEYBOARD.DRV, but it fails to initialize. I have tried adding several different drivers to the config.sys, I found keyboard.sys and keybrd2 - keybrd4, all of these cause a hang at their loading. I noticed that vmmouse.vxd is loaded but a keyboard.vxd doesn't seem to even be required because a search online didn't really return anything. Removing keyboard.drv didn't help, it caused my to not even get to the screen where it asks for a name. My next plan of action is to find a replacement keyboard.drv online somewhere, and if that doesn't work then I'm going to remove all non-essential hardware and do a bare bones attempt (thinking there could be a conflict between the keyboard.drv and something else in my system). I couldn't find anyone else who's ever had this problem after hours of searching (probably because most don't have multi-OS) Is there a way to bypass the need for name entering perhaps? Also is there a way to do safe-mode? (doesn't appear possible until you've run Windows at least once and entered your name + serial) |
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Unfortunately SHOULD and DOES don't always align for people with computer
problems. Not only do both of my keyboards work on other computers, they work on the same computer (I also use Windows XP). And before you get any ideas, I started from a complete wipe, so I know there is no conflict between the 2 OS's. I'll probably just use Wine to run the program I needed to use that doesn't work with the NT5 kernel. Now I just have to figure out how to use Linux -_- By the way are there any programs for XP that will emulate the 98 kernel? Like from safe-mode or something? "Ron Badour" wrote: Do you mean you are doing an install of W98 and cannot enter the product key or the name of the owner? If so, the first thing I'd do is make sure the keyboard works properly on another PC. There should not be anything special in the way of drivers required--the keyboard should work if the hardware is good. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Joe7dust" wrote in message ... Nonono, sorry you went through all that trouble. I figured you would know I meant the first startup screen since I was unable to enter the serial as well. It is the screen where M$ ask you for the name of the person who will be using this computer and demands you follow orders like a good consumer whore, or you won't be allowed to use the software you purchased from them. Its a bit hard to answer this demand with a keyboard driver that doesn't work and no implemented functionality for installing one. If I mess with the driver files it fails to load (presumably for security against piracy, probably also the same reason why safe-mode isn't allowed to be used yet) "Ron Badour" wrote: When you say that it asks for a name, do you mean the Windows logon screen? If so, click the cancel button to bypass the screen. Once booted, do a find on *.pwl and rename the one you find by changing the extension to: .pwb That should allow you on a subsequent boot to enter a user name and a password in the logon screen. Should you not want a logon screen, you can enter a user name and a blank password. Blank Password: Go to control panel, network, primary network logon and select Windows Logon. Go to control panel, passwords, user profiles and ensure the "all user's" box is marked. If you have a password established, go to control panel, passwords, change windows password, type the password in the old box, leave the rest blank and OK your way out. If you have forgotten your password, delete the .pwl file with your user name (mine is ron.pwl); however, be aware that you will lose all passwords stored in the ..pwl file. If you do not have a password established or have deleted the ..pwl file, when the W95/98 logon screen appears at boot, type a user name only and hit OK. If the logon screen continues to appear and you have Tweak UI installed, go to the Paranoia tab and remove the mark from "clear last user." Now that you have fooled with your config.sys file, rename it to: config.bak as this file is not required by Windows to boot. If I have guessed wrong on what you mean, please post back with more details. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Joe7dust" wrote in message ... Anyone know of where I can't get an updated or replacement of keyboard.drv that will work with my Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222? I can't load any regular windows drivers or anything because "I have to enter a name to use Windows" In my bootlog.txt it shows successful loading of KEYBOARD.DRV, but it fails to initialize. I have tried adding several different drivers to the config.sys, I found keyboard.sys and keybrd2 - keybrd4, all of these cause a hang at their loading. I noticed that vmmouse.vxd is loaded but a keyboard.vxd doesn't seem to even be required because a search online didn't really return anything. Removing keyboard.drv didn't help, it caused my to not even get to the screen where it asks for a name. My next plan of action is to find a replacement keyboard.drv online somewhere, and if that doesn't work then I'm going to remove all non-essential hardware and do a bare bones attempt (thinking there could be a conflict between the keyboard.drv and something else in my system). I couldn't find anyone else who's ever had this problem after hours of searching (probably because most don't have multi-OS) Is there a way to bypass the need for name entering perhaps? Also is there a way to do safe-mode? (doesn't appear possible until you've run Windows at least once and entered your name + serial) |
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Do you know about XP's compatibility mode? Right click a shortcut
(sometimes the program's execute file), properties and compatibility tab. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Joe7dust" wrote in message ... Unfortunately SHOULD and DOES don't always align for people with computer problems. Not only do both of my keyboards work on other computers, they work on the same computer (I also use Windows XP). And before you get any ideas, I started from a complete wipe, so I know there is no conflict between the 2 OS's. I'll probably just use Wine to run the program I needed to use that doesn't work with the NT5 kernel. Now I just have to figure out how to use Linux -_- By the way are there any programs for XP that will emulate the 98 kernel? Like from safe-mode or something? "Ron Badour" wrote: Do you mean you are doing an install of W98 and cannot enter the product key or the name of the owner? If so, the first thing I'd do is make sure the keyboard works properly on another PC. There should not be anything special in the way of drivers required--the keyboard should work if the hardware is good. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Joe7dust" wrote in message ... Nonono, sorry you went through all that trouble. I figured you would know I meant the first startup screen since I was unable to enter the serial as well. It is the screen where M$ ask you for the name of the person who will be using this computer and demands you follow orders like a good consumer whore, or you won't be allowed to use the software you purchased from them. Its a bit hard to answer this demand with a keyboard driver that doesn't work and no implemented functionality for installing one. If I mess with the driver files it fails to load (presumably for security against piracy, probably also the same reason why safe-mode isn't allowed to be used yet) "Ron Badour" wrote: When you say that it asks for a name, do you mean the Windows logon screen? If so, click the cancel button to bypass the screen. Once booted, do a find on *.pwl and rename the one you find by changing the extension to: .pwb That should allow you on a subsequent boot to enter a user name and a password in the logon screen. Should you not want a logon screen, you can enter a user name and a blank password. Blank Password: Go to control panel, network, primary network logon and select Windows Logon. Go to control panel, passwords, user profiles and ensure the "all user's" box is marked. If you have a password established, go to control panel, passwords, change windows password, type the password in the old box, leave the rest blank and OK your way out. If you have forgotten your password, delete the .pwl file with your user name (mine is ron.pwl); however, be aware that you will lose all passwords stored in the ..pwl file. If you do not have a password established or have deleted the ..pwl file, when the W95/98 logon screen appears at boot, type a user name only and hit OK. If the logon screen continues to appear and you have Tweak UI installed, go to the Paranoia tab and remove the mark from "clear last user." Now that you have fooled with your config.sys file, rename it to: config.bak as this file is not required by Windows to boot. If I have guessed wrong on what you mean, please post back with more details. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Joe7dust" wrote in message ... Anyone know of where I can't get an updated or replacement of keyboard.drv that will work with my Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222? I can't load any regular windows drivers or anything because "I have to enter a name to use Windows" In my bootlog.txt it shows successful loading of KEYBOARD.DRV, but it fails to initialize. I have tried adding several different drivers to the config.sys, I found keyboard.sys and keybrd2 - keybrd4, all of these cause a hang at their loading. I noticed that vmmouse.vxd is loaded but a keyboard.vxd doesn't seem to even be required because a search online didn't really return anything. Removing keyboard.drv didn't help, it caused my to not even get to the screen where it asks for a name. My next plan of action is to find a replacement keyboard.drv online somewhere, and if that doesn't work then I'm going to remove all non-essential hardware and do a bare bones attempt (thinking there could be a conflict between the keyboard.drv and something else in my system). I couldn't find anyone else who's ever had this problem after hours of searching (probably because most don't have multi-OS) Is there a way to bypass the need for name entering perhaps? Also is there a way to do safe-mode? (doesn't appear possible until you've run Windows at least once and entered your name + serial) |
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I'll give it a shot, but there are many threads about this particular
programs inability to function in XP. If it were as simple as a right click and execute it in a different way, I think they'd know. It tries to access the hardware directly (which the XP kernel doesn't allow), and supposedly it did so through a bug in a CDROM device manager or something that is now fixed. (Its Bleem!, a Playstation emulator by the way) "Ron Badour" wrote: Do you know about XP's compatibility mode? Right click a shortcut (sometimes the program's execute file), properties and compatibility tab. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Joe7dust" wrote in message ... Unfortunately SHOULD and DOES don't always align for people with computer problems. Not only do both of my keyboards work on other computers, they work on the same computer (I also use Windows XP). And before you get any ideas, I started from a complete wipe, so I know there is no conflict between the 2 OS's. I'll probably just use Wine to run the program I needed to use that doesn't work with the NT5 kernel. Now I just have to figure out how to use Linux -_- By the way are there any programs for XP that will emulate the 98 kernel? Like from safe-mode or something? "Ron Badour" wrote: Do you mean you are doing an install of W98 and cannot enter the product key or the name of the owner? If so, the first thing I'd do is make sure the keyboard works properly on another PC. There should not be anything special in the way of drivers required--the keyboard should work if the hardware is good. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Joe7dust" wrote in message ... Nonono, sorry you went through all that trouble. I figured you would know I meant the first startup screen since I was unable to enter the serial as well. It is the screen where M$ ask you for the name of the person who will be using this computer and demands you follow orders like a good consumer whore, or you won't be allowed to use the software you purchased from them. Its a bit hard to answer this demand with a keyboard driver that doesn't work and no implemented functionality for installing one. If I mess with the driver files it fails to load (presumably for security against piracy, probably also the same reason why safe-mode isn't allowed to be used yet) "Ron Badour" wrote: When you say that it asks for a name, do you mean the Windows logon screen? If so, click the cancel button to bypass the screen. Once booted, do a find on *.pwl and rename the one you find by changing the extension to: .pwb That should allow you on a subsequent boot to enter a user name and a password in the logon screen. Should you not want a logon screen, you can enter a user name and a blank password. Blank Password: Go to control panel, network, primary network logon and select Windows Logon. Go to control panel, passwords, user profiles and ensure the "all user's" box is marked. If you have a password established, go to control panel, passwords, change windows password, type the password in the old box, leave the rest blank and OK your way out. If you have forgotten your password, delete the .pwl file with your user name (mine is ron.pwl); however, be aware that you will lose all passwords stored in the ..pwl file. If you do not have a password established or have deleted the ..pwl file, when the W95/98 logon screen appears at boot, type a user name only and hit OK. If the logon screen continues to appear and you have Tweak UI installed, go to the Paranoia tab and remove the mark from "clear last user." Now that you have fooled with your config.sys file, rename it to: config.bak as this file is not required by Windows to boot. If I have guessed wrong on what you mean, please post back with more details. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Joe7dust" wrote in message ... Anyone know of where I can't get an updated or replacement of keyboard.drv that will work with my Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222? I can't load any regular windows drivers or anything because "I have to enter a name to use Windows" In my bootlog.txt it shows successful loading of KEYBOARD.DRV, but it fails to initialize. I have tried adding several different drivers to the config.sys, I found keyboard.sys and keybrd2 - keybrd4, all of these cause a hang at their loading. I noticed that vmmouse.vxd is loaded but a keyboard.vxd doesn't seem to even be required because a search online didn't really return anything. Removing keyboard.drv didn't help, it caused my to not even get to the screen where it asks for a name. My next plan of action is to find a replacement keyboard.drv online somewhere, and if that doesn't work then I'm going to remove all non-essential hardware and do a bare bones attempt (thinking there could be a conflict between the keyboard.drv and something else in my system). I couldn't find anyone else who's ever had this problem after hours of searching (probably because most don't have multi-OS) Is there a way to bypass the need for name entering perhaps? Also is there a way to do safe-mode? (doesn't appear possible until you've run Windows at least once and entered your name + serial) |
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Nope, still says
--------------------------- C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\k\bleem!.exe --------------------------- C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\k\bleem!.exe is not a valid Win32 application. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- And I never did get that Win98 installation to work, but I've turned my attentions elsewhere anyway. "Ron Badour" wrote: Do you know about XP's compatibility mode? Right click a shortcut (sometimes the program's execute file), properties and compatibility tab. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Joe7dust" wrote in message ... Unfortunately SHOULD and DOES don't always align for people with computer problems. Not only do both of my keyboards work on other computers, they work on the same computer (I also use Windows XP). And before you get any ideas, I started from a complete wipe, so I know there is no conflict between the 2 OS's. I'll probably just use Wine to run the program I needed to use that doesn't work with the NT5 kernel. Now I just have to figure out how to use Linux -_- By the way are there any programs for XP that will emulate the 98 kernel? Like from safe-mode or something? "Ron Badour" wrote: Do you mean you are doing an install of W98 and cannot enter the product key or the name of the owner? If so, the first thing I'd do is make sure the keyboard works properly on another PC. There should not be anything special in the way of drivers required--the keyboard should work if the hardware is good. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Joe7dust" wrote in message ... Nonono, sorry you went through all that trouble. I figured you would know I meant the first startup screen since I was unable to enter the serial as well. It is the screen where M$ ask you for the name of the person who will be using this computer and demands you follow orders like a good consumer whore, or you won't be allowed to use the software you purchased from them. Its a bit hard to answer this demand with a keyboard driver that doesn't work and no implemented functionality for installing one. If I mess with the driver files it fails to load (presumably for security against piracy, probably also the same reason why safe-mode isn't allowed to be used yet) "Ron Badour" wrote: When you say that it asks for a name, do you mean the Windows logon screen? If so, click the cancel button to bypass the screen. Once booted, do a find on *.pwl and rename the one you find by changing the extension to: .pwb That should allow you on a subsequent boot to enter a user name and a password in the logon screen. Should you not want a logon screen, you can enter a user name and a blank password. Blank Password: Go to control panel, network, primary network logon and select Windows Logon. Go to control panel, passwords, user profiles and ensure the "all user's" box is marked. If you have a password established, go to control panel, passwords, change windows password, type the password in the old box, leave the rest blank and OK your way out. If you have forgotten your password, delete the .pwl file with your user name (mine is ron.pwl); however, be aware that you will lose all passwords stored in the ..pwl file. If you do not have a password established or have deleted the ..pwl file, when the W95/98 logon screen appears at boot, type a user name only and hit OK. If the logon screen continues to appear and you have Tweak UI installed, go to the Paranoia tab and remove the mark from "clear last user." Now that you have fooled with your config.sys file, rename it to: config.bak as this file is not required by Windows to boot. If I have guessed wrong on what you mean, please post back with more details. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Joe7dust" wrote in message ... Anyone know of where I can't get an updated or replacement of keyboard.drv that will work with my Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222? I can't load any regular windows drivers or anything because "I have to enter a name to use Windows" In my bootlog.txt it shows successful loading of KEYBOARD.DRV, but it fails to initialize. I have tried adding several different drivers to the config.sys, I found keyboard.sys and keybrd2 - keybrd4, all of these cause a hang at their loading. I noticed that vmmouse.vxd is loaded but a keyboard.vxd doesn't seem to even be required because a search online didn't really return anything. Removing keyboard.drv didn't help, it caused my to not even get to the screen where it asks for a name. My next plan of action is to find a replacement keyboard.drv online somewhere, and if that doesn't work then I'm going to remove all non-essential hardware and do a bare bones attempt (thinking there could be a conflict between the keyboard.drv and something else in my system). I couldn't find anyone else who's ever had this problem after hours of searching (probably because most don't have multi-OS) Is there a way to bypass the need for name entering perhaps? Also is there a way to do safe-mode? (doesn't appear possible until you've run Windows at least once and entered your name + serial) |
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