[Tfug] A drop-dead funny Windows story...

[Jeffry Johnston]

Modify the BIOS so that by default it doesn't halt on keyboard errors? :)

Jeff

On Nov 1, 2007 7:36 PM, johngalt1 <johngalt1 at uswest.net> wrote:

> >> > Except she had an XP password.  Which meant typing to
> >> > start
> >> > Windows...except no keyboard...ARG.
>
> If the keyboard would not re-sync without a booted windows
> OS, how could you get past the keyboard error?
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim March" <jim.march at gmail.com>
> To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 8:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] A drop-dead funny Windows story...
>
>
> > Yeah...better yet, what would a Linux user do who can't
> > run the
> > Logitech win-app utils?  Run 'em in WINE!?  It's a "panel
> > widget"
> > thingie (Windows version of that concept anyhow) and I
> > doubt WINE
> > could cope.
> >
> > Sheesh.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On 10/31/07, johngalt1 <johngalt1 at uswest.net> wrote:
> >> The story is mistitled. It should read:
> >>
> >> A drop-dead funny Logitech story
> >>
> >> If the keyboard would not re-sync without a booted
> >> windows
> >> OS, how could you get past the keyboard error?
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jim March" <jim.march at gmail.com>
> >> To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 12:09 PM
> >> Subject: [Tfug] A drop-dead funny Windows story...
> >>
> >>
> >> > OK.  So I had gotten that panicky phone call from a
> >> > client
> >> > saying on
> >> > boot, the machine was reporting "board failure". We
> >> > talked
> >> > about that.
> >> >
> >> > I get there this AM, take one look and...wait.  Yeah,
> >> > it
> >> > says that, but...
> >> >
> >> > This was an LCD set up for the 1024x768 resolution she
> >> > runs in
> >> > windows.  But on boot, it's 640x480.  So the text
> >> > display
> >> > was a bit
> >> > "skewed" to the left.
> >> >
> >> > On a hunch, I reboot and rapidly hit the "monitor
> >> > frequency reset" on
> >> > the monitor.  Yup.  It was skewed to the left by three
> >> > characters.
> >> >
> >> > Anybody wanna guess what the three letters before
> >> > "board"
> >> > were?
> >> >
> >> > Yup.
> >> >
> >> > Some of you are giggling already.
> >> >
> >> > "Key".
> >> >
> >> > The batteries in her wireless keyboard had died.
> >> >
> >> > ARG!
> >> >
> >> > So forget all that XP/motherboard crap we were talkin'
> >> > about :).  BUT
> >> > the story goes on.
> >> >
> >> > With fresh batteries, I couldn't get the keyboard to
> >> > sync
> >> > up to it's
> >> > RF base station - this was an aftermarket Logitech
> >> > setup.
> >> > She had had
> >> > this problem years earlier and had a printout of a
> >> > Logitech tech
> >> > bulletin explaining the fix: the mouse will auto-sync
> >> > OK
> >> > but you have
> >> > to go into Windows and use their control-panel gizmo to
> >> > sync the
> >> > keyboard.
> >> >
> >> > Except she had an XP password.  Which meant typing to
> >> > start
> >> > Windows...except no keyboard...ARG.
> >> >
> >> > So I drive home, grab my USB keyboard...
> >> >
> >> > :)
> >> >
> >> > Jim
> >> >
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