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A program deleted my keyboard and now I don't have one showing when I check the keyboard in my control panel. It works at the very start up but not after. I have tried a new keyboard and windows doesn't recognize that either? Is my system 32 registry corructed? It works fine with my old computer I am using now.

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Generally additional drivers are needed for basic keyboard functionality, although Windows does actually install them as unique devices. Sometimes this process can take several minutes (depending on computer speed) and the keyboard will be unresponsive until it's actually installed. Try plugging in your keyboard, rebooting the PC, and giving it a few minutes once it's up and running.

If that doesn't work you can try booting into Safe Mode by hitting the F8 key during the startup process. This will load generic drivers and will allow you to troubleshoot additional drive and/or software issues.

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