need advice/help

[Josh Coffman]

On 9/23/07, Nathan Aubrey <nathan at paysonlinux.org> wrote:
> (1) You must have USB emulation turned on or the system will not allow you to
> use the USB keyboard until a USB driver is loaded. If you cannot access your
> BIOS you will have to use a PS2 keyboard, though most BIOS' will run the USB
> keyboard until they are finished posting then they disable emulation allowing
> the USB driver to take over. Try turning on the machine while holding down F1
> or pounding Esc, F1, F2 and Del all at the same time. It might let you into
> the BIOS.
>
> (2) Some USB systems will flake out during a Windows XP install. Try getting
> the install running and once the fancy window loads up and runs the install
> (the part after the blue screen where you format the drives) remove the USB
> keyboard and see if it works. It will also be affected by the USB emulation.


It was usb emulation... there were three usb options. the first two
were just enable/disable hardware. the last was emulate older usb. i
enabled that and it did the trick.

Thanks for the help. hopefully my scratched up winxp cd still works.