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Boot with no keyboard

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by FakeMecksican, 2007/06/20.

  1. 2007/06/20
    FakeMecksican

    FakeMecksican Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Hey all, I have a question. I have a Bluetooth keyboard/trackball combo connected to my HTPC via a USB Bluetooth dongle. It's pretty awesome except I can't boot unless I have an actual keyboard plugged in. My BT keyboard doesn't kick on until windows loads and gets to the logon screen. I don't mind breakin out an actual keyboard from time to time to access bios etc. but for the other 10 million times I need to boot I dont want a permanent eyesore of a keyboard in my living room. So what I'm trying to get at is is there a way to disable the keyboard check in my bios so it will just boot without getting the "no keyboard detected" thing?
     
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  2. 2007/06/20
    PaalN

    PaalN Inactive

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    Have you checked the BIOS to see if you can set it there?
    What motherbord\bios are you useing?
    You can use System Information for Windows to get the info
    siw.exe
     
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  4. 2007/06/20
    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    Look in the BIOS for a HALT on errors option. Might find an option "halt on all errors except keyboard. "
     
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