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No keyboard after virus removal
I think I've tried everything I could find on this forum (great info, by the way), and still I have no keyboard. Here's the play by play, been working on it a week now.
Ran a 2004 version of AdAware. It says it found something (though AVG and Microsoft Essentials did not) and recommended a reboot. I did, and thereafter, the keyboard on my Toshiba Satellite laptop no longer works (Standard PS/2 driver). Nothing in the AdAware log at all about that scan, so I can't see what files it deleted.
Uninstalled the PS2 keyboard driver (including all the hidden drivers), and re-installed by rebooting. Device Manager says it's operating normally (as it did even before uninstalling).
Ran Windows 7 Hardware Troubleshooter. It says a change has been made and try it now. No good.
Keyboard DOES work if I'm viewing the BIOS. It DOES work if I boot in Windows Repair mode with a command line. Which says to me it's not a hardware problem. It DOES NOT work if I boot in Safe Mode.
SFC /SCANNOW runs clean.
So I gave up and tried doing a System Restore to a date before the virus removal. After many tries, I still get "unspecified error 0x80070005". Ran with disk ownership set to current user and to Administrator both, and both with all access boxes checked, full control, etc.
So today I bought a new USB keyboard. Its driver installed fine, but it doesn't work, either! Same with an old PS2 external keyboard. Looking at the Toshiba user manual, there doesn't seem to be any function key needed to turn on an external keyboard.
Oh, and the function keys work (you can dim the display, etc), but no other keys.
Now what??