After Standby Mode, Keyboard doesn't work

[Guest]

I occasionaly like to use the Standby mode rather than a total shut down.
Computer comes out of Standby mode with no problems. However, the keyboard
will not work. Mouse works fine but keyboard doesn't so I have to reboot.
Keyboard works fine then. I am not sure whether this is a Windows XP Home
issue or a hardware setting issue in CMOS etc. Any sugestions?

 

[Plato]

I occasionaly like to use the Standby mode rather than a total shut down.
Computer comes out of Standby mode with no problems. However, the keyboard
will not work. Mouse works fine but keyboard doesn't so I have to reboot.
Keyboard works fine then. I am not sure whether this is a Windows XP Home
issue or a hardware setting issue in CMOS etc. Any sugestions?

Confusing question. You say "no problems" but then you say you have a
problem with the keyboard not working. Which is it?

 

[Guest]

When the computer comes out of standby mode, the keyboard does not work. Then
I have to reboot to get the keyboard to work. After rebooting, there is no
problem with the keyboard until you put the computer in Standby mode again.
When you come out of Standby again, keyboard doesn't work again. Does that
explain it better?

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

When the computer comes out of standby mode, the keyboard does not
work. Then I have to reboot to get the keyboard to work.

After rebooting, there is no problem with the keyboard until you put
the computer in Standby mode again.

When you come out of Standby again, keyboard doesn't work again.

It's OBVIOUS that you need to stop going into Standby mode.

That'll be fifty bucks please.

 

[Don Miller]

I reported a similar problem on this newsgroup (12/16/06) with Windows XP
after the latest Microsoft patch. Not only did the keyboard not work, there
was no video signal. After hours of uninstalling applications, removing
patches, using system restore, etc., I called Dell support and the tech said
that there was a problem with the December update and Microsoft is working
on a patch (to the patch) but could not give me anymore information or
references to confirm.

Apparently, this only affects USB keyboards.