Ok, so i tried what Bill2 suggested, i unplugged the power supply from my comp for a few minutes, plugged stuff back in and rebooted. I am now able to login to Windows 7 with no problems. I have no idea how/why that worked but it seemed to do the trick. I am now able to use my shiny new OS. Thanks for the help.
Hello ZeroSkull, welcome to Seven Forums!
We're glad you've found a solution that worked for you; thanks for the update.
And so now you know, some usb items, mainly keyboards, are not picked up right away by windows or the bios.
Whenever I installed XP 99% of the time I had to use a PS2 keyboard and mouse.
I still use PS2 keyboards on all my pcs because they always work.
I have the same problem encountered numerous time on a new Dell laptop. I have upgraded it from Vista to Win7 Home premium.
Its using standard PS/2 Keyboard driver, I do not have any warning in the device manager. Not sure what to make of it?? Any ideas?
Sometimes I get different char for same key press, have to reboot to clear. Can't understand why this happens. Like this guy, I cant login (since diff char being generated) so I have to use the on screen keyboard. Not all programs affected. MS programs, sometimes browser, while other programs not affected.
HeLP!
OK, so if i wish to apply the same logic for my identical problem on a brand new HP Pavilion laptop ... I just take out the battery for 5 minutes?
I'll let you know what it this ... fingers crossed
Nope, taking out the battery for ... minutes didn't work ...
Clean Instal unless someone comes up with another option.
BTW, as the laptop came with Win7 installed but no DVD, can I use the OEM password on a version that i download?
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