KEYBOARD= error help ffs help!!!

[x-static]

ok whenever i need to use dos or something i go to start>run>command and it gives me this error....it's been doin it on my uninstallations and other programs.. my keyboard = line in my system.ini is keyboard=*vkd, if i put ; after the keyboard= screen comes up before windows loads that says driver not installed or is installed or something and i have to press a key to continue and ithe command...command will work but just ends up stoppin some times
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[GretaP]

The following apparently worked for someone who was experiencing that same error message:

Open registry editor (Start>Run key in regedit then click on OK or press ENTER). Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>System>CurrentControlSet>Control>VMM32Files
Locate vkd.vxd in right pane, then right-click and choose Delete. Close the registry editor.

If you want to try this out, please ensure that you export that branch so that you can later import it, just in case it doesn't work out.

[x-static]

well i dleted it and i ran the command...command and it still gives error do i need to restart ? cause im in the middle of dling stuff

[GretaP]

I don't think it would require a restart, but when you are in a position to do a restart (i.e., finished d/loading stuff), do so and see if that changes anything.

[GretaP]

x-static,
I just noticed something in your first posting here that I must have overlooked or misread before. You said
if i put ; after the keyboard=
Are you meaning that the line would read:
keyboard=;
or
keyboard=*vkd ;
??

When you REM a line out, the semicolon precedes the line that you want to REM out, like so:
;keyboard=*vkd

[x-static]

uh it reads keyboard= ; if i do it

[GretaP]

Try editing the line again, putting the ; BEFORE keyboard=*vkd
or how is it that you're editing the system.ini file that it is not letting you put the ; in front of the line?

[x-static]

i edit it notepad, ill try that , whats ur aim btw? itd b easier and just post results on here.


ok just did it it still gave same error but i might have to restart in order for it to work. and i cant for like 10 hrs lol

[GretaP]

whats ur aim btw I don't have one. Only IM I ever used was ICQ, and I got rid of it.

[x-static]

well i put the ; in front of the keyboard=*vkd line and it seems to work fine now..is this a temporary fix? what does the ; do to make it work? thanks for all the help :cool:

[GretaP]

The ; in front of the line does what is called REMARK it. What that means is that the computer won't read or "carry out" anything that is REMARKed (in your situation, it won't reference the generic Windows keyboard driver). This was often used back in the dinosaur days of DOS when the user wished to place "remarks" in, say, config.sys or autoexec.bat files, as to when or why they placed certain lines there.