Why dont Wireless Keyboards work on boot?

[Temur]

Hmm.. I hate this thing but, when I try to go to anything in Boot for.eg
Safe Mode, my keyboard doesent seem to do anything :'( It works to get to
safe mode eg. Pressing F8, but I can't select anything :'( I remember I had
to press Shift then Up or something :S
And PS2 keyboards work fine

 

[Vagabond Software]

Hmm.. I hate this thing but, when I try to go to anything in Boot for.eg
Safe Mode, my keyboard doesent seem to do anything :'( It works to get to
safe mode eg. Pressing F8, but I can't select anything :'( I remember I
had to press Shift then Up or something :S
And PS2 keyboards work fine

I don't know what you mean. My wireless keyboard works fine at POST, in the
BIOS, in SAFE MODE, and whenever. Have you checked your range to the
receiver? I think it should be working.

carl

 

[Opinicus]

Hmm.. I hate this thing but, when I try to go to anything in Boot for.eg
Safe Mode, my keyboard doesent seem to do anything :'( It works to get to
safe mode eg. Pressing F8, but I can't select anything :'( I remember I
had to press Shift then Up or something :S
And PS2 keyboards work fine

I think you need to enable "Legacy USB support" or somesuch in the bios.

 

[Richard Hay]

Mine worked fine - with the Legacy USB selected in the BIOS.

I finally dumped my wireless because of gaming - did not work well at all
for that purpose.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Universal Serial Bus Devices Do Not Work in Safe Mode
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310496

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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