Lost Ctrl+most keys

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Johnny Mindlin

I installed a TV browser USB antenna, had problems and uninstalled it and now
various keyboard commands don't work: Ctrl+F, Ctrl+B, Ctrl+S, Ctrl+P and
there my be others that I've not found. Does anyone know how to fix this?
(I thought of reinstalling Windows but I've got SP2 and my disk is only SP1)
Johnny
 
Go to Start/Run, and type DEVMGMT.MSC , highlight all of the USB Root Hub
devices, Action menu, "Uninstall", then Action menu, "scan for hardware
changes", to find the device drivers again automatically.
 
Please read this through and please reply to the actual problem, not just the
first 4 words:
When I'm using ANY Windows application or programme, when I type Ctrl+S,
Ctr+B, Ctr+F, Ctr+P nothing happens. They used to work but not any more.
Other similar command still do (like Ctr+V, Ctr+C, Ctr+X, Ctr+Z, Ctr+W,
Ctr+I, Ctr+U and Ctr+V).
Any idea on how to fix this?
Johnny
 
Johnny said:
I installed a TV browser USB antenna, had problems and uninstalled it and now
various keyboard commands don't work: Ctrl+F, Ctrl+B, Ctrl+S, Ctrl+P and
there my be others that I've not found. Does anyone know how to fix this?
(I thought of reinstalling Windows but I've got SP2 and my disk is only SP1)
Johnny
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Have you tried System Restore to a point before installing/uninstalling
the hardware you mention?

Bill
 
I know I should have set a restore point before installing but I neglected to
and the restore point I last set is so long ago that I really don't want to
go back that far if I can help it ... unless XP sets restore points
automatically every time you install hardware ?
I DID think of reinstalling Windows but my disk is SP1 and my machine is
SP2. Would it work if I could find a way to do it, do you think?
Johnny
 
I know I should have set a restore point before installing but I neglected to
and the restore point I last set is so long ago that I really don't want to
go back that far if I can help it ... unless XP sets restore points
automatically every time you install hardware ?
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XP normally sets a restore point every day. You should check to see
what restore points you have.
 
Johnny said:
I know I should have set a restore point before installing but I neglected to
and the restore point I last set is so long ago that I really don't want to
go back that far if I can help it ... unless XP sets restore points
automatically every time you install hardware ?
I DID think of reinstalling Windows but my disk is SP1 and my machine is
SP2. Would it work if I could find a way to do it, do you think?
Johnny
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Trying a restore point is much less drastic than reinstalling Windows.

Bill
 
Ken Blake said:
XP normally sets a restore point every day. You should check to see
what restore points you have.
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Actually it every 24 hours *of use*.

XP also normally sets a restore point before any software installation.
 
Actually it every 24 hours *of use*.
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A minor point, but thanks for the clarification. Certainly it doesn't
do it when the computer is powered off.

XP also normally sets a restore point before any software installation.
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I believe that's the installation routine that does that, not XP.
 
Ken Blake said:
A minor point, but thanks for the clarification. Certainly it doesn't
do it when the computer is powered off.
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It would be pretty impressive if it did!
I believe that's the installation routine that does that, not XP.
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There may be something in what you say.
 
M.I.5¾ said:
It would be pretty impressive if it did!


There may be something in what you say.
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And perhaps that explains why after installing some programs, a new restore
point is created, while after installing some others, a new restore point is
not created.
 
M.I.5¾ wrote:

And perhaps that explains why after installing some programs, a new restore
point is created, while after installing some others, a new restore point is
not created.
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Yes, but note that the restore point is normally created *before* the
installation starts, not after it completes.
 
Yes, but note that the restore point is normally created *before* the
installation starts, not after it completes.
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Right! I stand corrected. It's there as a fallback position.

It's just that you don't notice it's there until after you've installed the
program. And unfortunately it is not always created, so if you forget to
create one yourself before installing a program, and want to roll back,
tough! (at least in several cases. :-)
 
Right! I stand corrected. It's there as a fallback position.

Exactly.


It's just that you don't notice it's there until after you've installed the
program. And unfortunately it is not always created, so if you forget to
create one yourself before installing a program, and want to roll back,
tough! (at least in several cases. :-)
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On the other hand, since Windows itself normally creates one each day,
you should still have a fallback position. The only time it's really
likely to get more complicated is if you do several installs in a
single day, and they didn't each create a restore point.
 
On the other hand, since Windows itself normally creates one each day,
you should still have a fallback position. The only time it's really
likely to get more complicated is if you do several installs in a
single day, and they didn't each create a restore point.
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True enough. But actually, even that has happened, on some occasions.

Well, it's not every day, it's every 24 hours *of use*, so it could be a few
days between restore points. I mean, if someone used their computer say 8
hours each day, there could be 3 days between restore points (and a lot can
happen in those 3 days, if you're actively playing around with program
installs)
 
True enough. But actually, even that has happened, on some occasions.

Well, it's not every day, it's every 24 hours *of use*, so it could be a few
days between restore points. I mean, if someone used their computer say 8
hours each day, there could be 3 days between restore points (and a lot can
happen in those 3 days, if you're actively playing around with program
installs)
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No, that's not correct. Read
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa378724(VS.85).aspx

and note that it says "System Restore also creates checkpoints every
24 hours of absolute time."
 
No, that's not correct. Read
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa378724(VS.85).aspx

and note that it says "System Restore also creates checkpoints every
24 hours of absolute time."
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Thanks. I always get this one mixed up! Plus I had thought that on at
least some occasions, I had gone for more than a day (24 hours) without
getting a new restore point. But maybe I'm misremembering. (or
possibly I had already created one, but I don't think that's what happened)

Plus I keep remembering what happened in Win98, namely that each day that
you rebooted, you'd get a new one (but just one for that day). So I
believe that if you left that W98 computer on all week, you wouldn't get ANY
new registry cab backups until you rebooted, and then you'd get a new one.

I always turn my computer off before bedtime, so I never experienced that
limitation.
 
Ken Blake said:
No, that's not correct. Read
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa378724(VS.85).aspx

and note that it says "System Restore also creates checkpoints every
24 hours of absolute time."
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I have to inform you that that is not correct. Every Windows XP PC around
here creates a restore point every 24 of hours of on time. My own laptop at
home has 5 restore points created in the last 2 months, simply because it
isn't on all the time.
 
I have to inform you that that is not correct. Every Windows XP PC around
here creates a restore point every 24 of hours of on time. My own laptop at
home has 5 restore points created in the last 2 months, simply because it
isn't on all the time.
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Of course it can't be literally correct. As I said earlier this
thread, "Certainly it doesn't do it when the computer is powered off."
My own laptop often goes weeks at a time without being powered on. It
doesn't create any restore points during those weeks.
 
Ken Blake said:
Of course it can't be literally correct. As I said earlier this
thread, "Certainly it doesn't do it when the computer is powered off."
My own laptop often goes weeks at a time without being powered on. It
doesn't create any restore points during those weeks.
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I take your point, but the point I'm making is that if I turn my PC on for
(lets say) 4 hours, one day every week, then it will only automatically
create a restore point every 6 weeks if I don't install or uninstall
anything (i.e. every 24 hours of on time).
 
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