Windows 7: No working Media buttons, keyboard

Hello




Just reinstalled windows 7 this weekend together with new hardware. But i have encountered some problems, both with sound and keyboard. On my keyboard which is a Logitech Ultra X (Ultra X) i have some buttons at the top, like Media, play/pause, www, email and mute. These have been working earlier on both windows xp and vista, but now they are not working.. Very frustrating as i use them very often.

Do any of you guys in here have any idea about how this may be fixed?


Toby91

Hey mate, welcome to the forums.

Have you downloaded drivers for your keyboard?

Thank.. Ehm, the problem is that all the time i have used this keyboard i have never installed any driver for it.. It even says on the logitech site that the keyboard uses native USB drivers already existing in the OS. So i guess thats where the problem is, there are no places i can find drivers.

Hei Toby og velkommen til de 7 Forums.

Could you please attach a screenshot showing your Device Manager, keyboard section expanded.

Kari

Here it is.

It just says HID keyboard.

OK. You could try this:

• Disconnect the keyboard
• Right click HID Keyboard device in Device Manager, choose Uninstall. Do this for both instances
• Shut down your computer
• Reconnect the keyboard
• Reboot and let Windows find the keyboard and install the drivers

Might work...

Kari

Ok, i'll try.. Will give you a comment on how it works..

Nope, that didn't work... still some not responding buttons..

Don't know what to suggest next... I'll check something and come back.

Kari

Hi again!


Eventually bought myself a new keyboard, a Logitech G15. But when i installed it, i still had the problem with non working media buttons. So i went again searching for an soulution and found one!


I seems to be an startupentry which you manually have to change from manual to automatic.. If there are anyone having this problem, here is the solution:


- Go to controlpanel --> Performance and maintenance --> Administrative tools

- Choose services and scroll down to find "Human interface devices"

- Right click and choose properties --> and change startup type from manual to automatic --> Reboot and your media buttons should now be working again!


At least it did here, and i'm now happy with my new keyboard!


Toby91