assign keys on keyboard

Silvio · May 5th, 2003

Hi all,
my girlfriend gave me a keyboard she got from a Compaq PC (cause mine looks like a pizza box),and it has some extra keys (volume, printer, cd player control,etc) so my questions is:
is there any way to make those keys work on my pc, cause obviosly they dont work with only pluging the keyboard,so are there a program, driver or anything else that could make that?.
Thanks!

**Hipster Doofus** · May 5th, 2003

Have a look at the keyboard & then search google for the driver. It has to be out there somewhere.

**Alex_is_Axel** · May 5th, 2003

you could also find out if she has a CD or Floppy disk which has the Keyboard Drivers on it? I also have a keyboard with extra keys but the Drivers dont work properly with Windows XP even though they are suposedly Windows XP Compatible

.. kept making my computer freeze

But anyways, yea.. ask your gf if she has any discs which may contain the keyboard drivers

Hope this helps and i hope you have better luck with your drivers than i did with mine

Sincerly Alex

Silvio · May 5th, 2003

Well Alex i found some drivers in the net, but had the same luck as you, it doesnt work right with xp, some keys do ,some do not.

**Alex_is_Axel** · May 5th, 2003

unlucky dude.. its annoying when its like that innit

Have you tried all the extra keys without the drivers? I can get some keys working you see without having to install anything extra but there are some keys which i would like to use but wont work because of the drivers either not being compatible or not being installed

. What keyboard is it that you have? Vivanco?

Sincerly Alex

May 5th, 2003	Top \| #1
Silvio Argentinean Dogo Joined: March 2004 Posts: 156 Reputation: 20 Power: 98	assign keys on keyboard Hi all, my girlfriend gave me a keyboard she got from a Compaq PC (cause mine looks like a pizza box),and it has some extra keys (volume, printer, cd player control,etc) so my questions is: is there any way to make those keys work on my pc, cause obviosly they dont work with only pluging the keyboard,so are there a program, driver or anything else that could make that?. Thanks!

May 5th, 2003	Top \| #2
Hipster Doofus Good grief Charlie Brown Joined: May 2002 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 5,920 Reputation: 560 Power: 183	Have a look at the keyboard & then search google for the driver. It has to be out there somewhere. Pentium 4 2.6ghz 400mhz @ 3.07ghz 472mhz / Gigabyte GA-8IHXP v2.1 / RAMBUS PC 800 768mb / Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 256mb / 2 x Maxtor 80gb ATA133 DiamondMax, RAID0 :: 1 x Western Digital 7200 40gb / Liteon DVD-RW Dual Layer SOHW-1633S @ 1653S / Liteon 52x24x52 CD-RW LTR-52246S / Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu Fan / Antec TruePower 480w / RD3XP Gladiator Rounded Cables

May 5th, 2003	Top \| #3
Alex_is_Axel .:: FTPAlex ::. Joined: June 2002 Location: Cheshire, United Kingdom Posts: 1,156 Reputation: 10 Power: 130	you could also find out if she has a CD or Floppy disk which has the Keyboard Drivers on it? I also have a keyboard with extra keys but the Drivers dont work properly with Windows XP even though they are suposedly Windows XP Compatible .. kept making my computer freeze But anyways, yea.. ask your gf if she has any discs which may contain the keyboard drivers Hope this helps and i hope you have better luck with your drivers than i did with mine Sincerly Alex .:: My PCSpecs ::. .:: My Site ::.

May 5th, 2003	Top \| #5
Alex_is_Axel .:: FTPAlex ::. Joined: June 2002 Location: Cheshire, United Kingdom Posts: 1,156 Reputation: 10 Power: 130	unlucky dude.. its annoying when its like that innit Have you tried all the extra keys without the drivers? I can get some keys working you see without having to install anything extra but there are some keys which i would like to use but wont work because of the drivers either not being compatible or not being installed . What keyboard is it that you have? Vivanco? Sincerly Alex .:: My PCSpecs ::. .:: My Site ::.

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May 5th, 2003	Top \| #4
Silvio Argentinean Dogo Joined: March 2004 Posts: 156 Reputation: 20 Power: 98	Well Alex i found some drivers in the net, but had the same luck as you, it doesnt work right with xp, some keys do ,some do not.