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Solution

When I push one

■ Check the button configuration. To reconfigure the button:

of the special or

1

Click Start on the taskbar.

multimedia buttons

2

Click Control Panel.

on the keyboard,

3

Click Printers and Other Hardware, if present.

nothing happens.

4Double-click Keyboard.

5In the Keyboard Properties window that appears, click the Buttons tab.

6Double-click the button you want to change. The button configuration window appears.

7Choose the button capability from the drop-down list. Enter the Display Label and the Address. (For a Web site, enter the complete Web site URL in the Address box.)

8Click OK.

9On the Buttons tab, click Apply.

10Repeat steps 6 through 9 for each button you want to reconfigure.

11Click OK when you are finished reconfiguring the keyboard.

My keyboard doesn’t ■

If the PC beeps repeatedly or if nothing happens when you press keys, it’s possible

 

work, even though the

that the keyboard is connected improperly.

 

PC and monitor seem

PS/2 keyboards only: Check that the cable connector pins are straight. Make

 

to work.

sure the keyboard is connected to the keyboard port, not to the mouse port. If you

 

 

need to reconnect these two cables, turn the PC off, reconnect the cables, and then

 

 

turn the PC back on.

 

■

Try restarting the PC (click Start, select Turn Off Computer, and click Restart).

 

 

If that doesn’t work, press and hold the PC On button until the PC turns off

 

 

(approximately five seconds). Then turn the PC back on.

 

 

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