Windows XP Please Help Me!
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A media kb, With extra buttons and controls for playing music etc. EG: volume, play pause etc.
Right, more info please.
The system is......?
When did it start?
Did you change anything?
On the error message box, at the top. there is the title bar. Does it say a program name there?
Right, more info please.
The system is......?
When did it start?
Did you change anything?
On the error message box, at the top. there is the title bar. Does it say a program name there?
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Not sure if this will help or not but can't hurt to try it.
Re: MKBDATA.DAT Start Error
Windows XP Help
Re: MKBDATA.DAT Start Error
If you have a multimedia type keyboard, try re-installing the software =
and drivers that came with it.
If this does not apply, go to Start/Run and type msconfig and press =
OK. In the utility, click the Start Up Tab and look for any entry that =
shows MKBDATA. Remove the check mark for that item and reboot the =
computer.
--=20
Ronnie Vernon
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Windows Shell/User
Re: MKBDATA.DAT Start Error
Windows XP Help
Re: MKBDATA.DAT Start Error
If you have a multimedia type keyboard, try re-installing the software =
and drivers that came with it.
If this does not apply, go to Start/Run and type msconfig and press =
OK. In the utility, click the Start Up Tab and look for any entry that =
shows MKBDATA. Remove the check mark for that item and reboot the =
computer.
--=20
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
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The only other info I could find pertaining to your problem is this................
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]....First of all, this error message usually refers to the mouse. If you have recently installed a new mouse on your computer, you may need to remove the software that came with your mouse and see if you can pinpoint the problem that way. So, if you do have a new mouse, go to Start, All Programs, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. Look around in there for the company name of the mouse or anything that might be related to the new mouse and remove it from the list. Once all of that is removed, reconnect your mouse, restart your computer and update the drivers. [/font] [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To update the drivers, go to Start, All Programs, Control Panel and double click on the Mouse icon. (Make sure you are in the classic view in the Control Panel for this). Now, choose the Hardware tab (may be the General tab for versions older than XP) and click on the Properties button. Under here, you're going to want to choose the Driver tab and then click on the Update Driver button. Just follow the steps and then restart your computer when you're done. [/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]If there is no driver update available, you can can click on the Uninstall button and go about removing it that way. When you do that, you will receive a "Confirm Device Removal" box. Just hit OK. You don't have to worry about Windows not recognizing your mouse when you restart your computer, because it always will. You will then just have to restart your computer again so the changes will take effect. You may even be prompted to restart again just to make sure the configurations you made are kept. [/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Now, you're probably wondering what you do if you haven't recently started using a new mouse. Well, if your old mouse is giving you problems with the MDATA.DAT error message, you can try a little troubleshooting. Go to Start, All Programs, Control Panel and click on the Mouse icon. Once there, go to the Hardware tab (General tab for older Windows versions) and click on the Troubleshoot button. This will then run a diagnostic test to see if your mouse is working properly or not. If the test comes back and says that your mouse is working right (even though you know it isn't!), you can go back to the Hardware tab and click on the Properties button. You can then follow the same directions as above to update your drivers and see if things can be fixed that way. [/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hopefully, with either uninstalling or updating, you will be able to find the mouse problem and the error message will be gone forever. And if it ever has nerve enough to come back, you will know how to fix it right up![/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]....First of all, this error message usually refers to the mouse. If you have recently installed a new mouse on your computer, you may need to remove the software that came with your mouse and see if you can pinpoint the problem that way. So, if you do have a new mouse, go to Start, All Programs, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. Look around in there for the company name of the mouse or anything that might be related to the new mouse and remove it from the list. Once all of that is removed, reconnect your mouse, restart your computer and update the drivers. [/font] [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To update the drivers, go to Start, All Programs, Control Panel and double click on the Mouse icon. (Make sure you are in the classic view in the Control Panel for this). Now, choose the Hardware tab (may be the General tab for versions older than XP) and click on the Properties button. Under here, you're going to want to choose the Driver tab and then click on the Update Driver button. Just follow the steps and then restart your computer when you're done. [/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]If there is no driver update available, you can can click on the Uninstall button and go about removing it that way. When you do that, you will receive a "Confirm Device Removal" box. Just hit OK. You don't have to worry about Windows not recognizing your mouse when you restart your computer, because it always will. You will then just have to restart your computer again so the changes will take effect. You may even be prompted to restart again just to make sure the configurations you made are kept. [/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Now, you're probably wondering what you do if you haven't recently started using a new mouse. Well, if your old mouse is giving you problems with the MDATA.DAT error message, you can try a little troubleshooting. Go to Start, All Programs, Control Panel and click on the Mouse icon. Once there, go to the Hardware tab (General tab for older Windows versions) and click on the Troubleshoot button. This will then run a diagnostic test to see if your mouse is working properly or not. If the test comes back and says that your mouse is working right (even though you know it isn't!), you can go back to the Hardware tab and click on the Properties button. You can then follow the same directions as above to update your drivers and see if things can be fixed that way. [/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hopefully, with either uninstalling or updating, you will be able to find the mouse problem and the error message will be gone forever. And if it ever has nerve enough to come back, you will know how to fix it right up![/font]
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Caza said:
Did you left click the mouse on START to get the menu and then did you left click RUN to bring uup the small window and then did you TYPE in msconfig and press =
OK. In the utility, click the Start Up Tab and look for any entry that =
shows MKBDATA. Remove the check mark for that item and reboot the =
computer. ????
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Caza said:
At this point what I would be doing is a repair install of the operating system but I got the impression you wanted simple and you do have to know your way around a bit to be doing that.
The way I see it if I'm going to waste ten hours of my time hunting for the solution then I might as well spend only one hour or so and do a repair install.
I've got a feeling there's something broken in your registry and that can be difficult to pin down.
There is a step by step guide on how to do that here: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
What I do on my units is I have CCleaner installed on all my computers and it seems to be quite good at finding and removing left over odds and ends of software using the "issues" button and allowing it to scan the computer.
It's fairly intuitive and easy to use as well as free. http://www.ccleaner.com/download/
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I agree wuth the time wasting thing, however, if I do want to do a repair install will i need my XP disk as when I boughtmy computer tower it was set up for me so I was not given a disc. Will I need the XP disc for this? If so I will have to bring it back where I bought it and pay for this to be done! What do you think?Spezi said:
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You can use any XP disc so you could borrow one from a mate . Trouble with doing a repair this way is if you cock it up and end up doing a fresh install then you loose all the data on the partition you are loading to aswell as ending up having to re-install all software . You need to plan this well in advance . If you have no data to loose then its not a problem just re-format the partition and re-install .
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Abarbarian said:You can use any XP disc so you could borrow one from a mate . Trouble with doing a repair this way is if you cock it up and end up doing a fresh install then you loose all the data on the partition you are loading to aswell as ending up having to re-install all software . You need to plan this well in advance . If you have no data to loose then its not a problem just re-format the partition and re-install .
Always a good idea to back up important files but as long as a person follows the directions carefully doing a repair install is not that difficult and you won't lose anything.
I had a multimedia keyboard and got rid of it. It came with a mouse. It was a microsoft 4000. I got a microsoft 2000 now and a microsoft mouse 3000. I have had no luck getting rid of the program for the 4000. I still have the old keyboard/mouse combination. I went to Add Remove programs and the msconfig and then to reg edit. Nothing works to get rid of the MKBDATA.dat and intellipoint keeps telling me to notify Microsoft (which I have done several times) and then XP said i needed to re register my copy of microsoft xp on the phone because I had changed the hardware. Now my Epson printer RX580 has stopped working to. Any help would be appreciated.
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