akafazov Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Hello guys,I am first time poster here. I have an issue with a keyboard filter driver.The problem is that the driver disables most of the keyboard keys, and allows just 10 of them which are characters. Therefore CTRL, ALT, ENTER, DEL, etc. do not work and I cannot log into the system. My machine is configured with active directory, I use a network user. I tried to uninstall the driver manually, removed the .sys file from c:\windows\system32\drivers and also altered the registry from a remote machine using my account. However, this all had no effect on my system. I have no backup of the registry, but I made a copy when I started changing it. After a while I noticed that another issue has come up - when I press a keyboard key the mouse stops responding too. I restored the registry, but it still remains. Basically I saved the c:\windows\system32\config folder and then restored it - is this the right way to make registry backup? If you have some idea on how can I gain access to the machine, uninstall the filter driver, I will appreciate them. I don't want to reinstall windows, I want to keep my previous configuration.Regards,Angel Kafazov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysun Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Hello Angel,Welcome to the Windows Forum! Yes that could be one of the way to backup and restore the registry. Could you please provide detail information about your system, keyboard and mouse?And do you have a administrator access [i guess you have]?Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akafazov Posted January 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Hi babysun,my system is Win XP sp2, standard hp keyboard and usb logitec mouse with usb->ps2 adapter. Regards,Angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysun Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 I can understand, why you are not comfortable with reinstallation. I am thinking about, without the support of Keyboard and Mouse how will you resolve this issue?But a REPAIR Install will replace the system files with the files on the XP CD used for the Repair Install. It will leave your applications and settings intact, but Windows updates will need to be reapplied.A Repair Install will replace files altered by adware and malware, but will not fix an adware, malware problem.Do you want to try this option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akafazov Posted January 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Thank you for your swift reply,Well, I haven't considered it as an option yet, but yes, I am willing to try. If it is a matter of reapplying sp2 patches, it is ok. Could you elaborate a bit more on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysun Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Hello... To do this, simply follow these instructions. 1. Boot from your XP installation CD. 2. At the welcome screen, choose enter. 3. Once at the license agreement, press F8. 4. At the next screen, choose to repair the selected Windows XP installation by pressing R. 5. The files will begin to install and then your PC will reboot. During the reboot you will be presented with option of booting from the CD again by pressing any key. Don't press anything. Allow it to finish the install without booting from the CD again.ATB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akafazov Posted January 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Hi babysun,I tried it out and amazingly I couldn't finish the repair installation, because the malfunctioning driver was loaded during the setup. I needed to type something (I guess it was the product key) and I couldn't go on. After that decided for fresh install, didn't really want to do it, but lost enough time trying to recover.Thanks for the tips, I like this forum.Angel Kafazov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Thanks for the tips, I like this forum.Angel KafazovStay around - we're all very friendly here :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Thanks for the tips, I like this forum.Angel KafazovStay around - we're all very friendly here :)I'm not very technical, but I can certainly vouch for the friendly bit! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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