XEN-PC Systems - Keyboard Not Responding on
Boot-up
Please be aware that a number of systems in the XEN-PC range have been
shipped with the pre-installed autoexec.bat file containing two lines that run the mouse
driver, as follows:
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SET MOUSE=C:MOUSE
C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE /q
The effect of this is twofold.
- The mouse driver is always loaded, whether it is required or not.
- If the system is booted without a mouse connected, the keyboard may not
respond.
The pre-installed software has now been amended such that these two
lines are present but REM'd out. In future, therefore, the mouse driver will not be loaded
automatically and the keyboard will function correctly after booting up without a mouse
connected. If the user requires the mouse driver installed, remove the REM statement from
these two lines and connect a mouse.
In the meantime, please note that a mouse may need to be connected at
boot time, and that if you do not want to load the mouse driver, the two lines described
above should have REM statements inserted as follows:
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REM SET MOUSE=C:MOUSE
REM C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE /q
Once this change has been made you will be able to boot the system
without a mouse connected. |
