i8042prt

[Jani Ruohomaa]

Hi!

Does anyone have the same problem:

At bootup Vista Home Premium freezes (progress bar stops) and you need
to reset the system
Usually it works after 1 reset but in the event viewer there is a entry
like:

The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
i8042prt

I have a wireless USB keyboard and I have disabled the PS/2 serial port
from the BIOS but that did not help (I have also tried with the PS/2
enabled)

Any ideas ?

Jani

 

[Guest]

Jani,

A google search located this discussion of the same issue;

http://www.pctools.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10624

Take a look to decide whether there is something there for your use.

 

[Guest]

Jani:
This will involve editing the registry so do this at your own risk.
Please create a restore point just in case anything goes wrong.
Open the registry (Start, Run, Regedit <ENTER>)
Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\
Look for the "Start" DWORD entry and change its value to 4.
Accept and exit.
Restart.
You should be Ok now.
Carlos