Keyboard Troubleshooting

 

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(Q1) Question

Recently my PS/2 keyboard started to fail.It started to not display characters that I entered,etc. so I swapped it with another keyboard,with the same result.I removed the keyboard in the device manager and also physically removed the keyboard and then rebooted.Even though there was no keyboard plugged into either port,on restart the machine still said it found new hardware and that it was installing the correct drivers.I am now using a USB keyboard and everything is fine so far,but i would like to correct the problem with the PS/2 keyboard if possible.Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.Thank you.

(Q2) Question

Some symbols on my keyboard no longer function as the keyboard layout suggests. Can anyone help me sort this out please?

(Q3) Question

problem with second user system i obtained today. Received with no operating system; on installation of system keyboard &mouse become inactive after about 20 secs: doesn't matter if i have F10'd into setup or am trying to get to windows licence setup - cant complete cos no input method! Its as if the pc has disabled the keyboard/mouse inputs. System is P2 350 / 6.4G HDD; have half installed Win98 ( up to point of getting to licence agreement pages)
Any help would be gratefully received 

(Q4) Question

the num lock on my keyboard seems to have stopped working. I have not changed anything to my knowledge. 

(Q5) Question

recently upgraded and since then the keyboard has lost its ? key..also If I hit " I get@ and if I hit @ I get "...other keys appear to be functioning correctly?????
I have tried the keyboard back on old system works ok

(Q6) Question

Does anybody know how to remove a broken keyboard pin from the port on the back of a computer?

(Q7) Question

I am being driven nuts by a message that appears when I start up my computer,(Packard Bell) it has been updated from Win/98 to Win/xp. The message reads: "Couldn't open keyboard driver:MSIKBD.VXD. I cannot find any reference to this driver/file on my system.