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I didn't bother to update the other drivers because I had already done so over the course of several months prior to the incident In other words, the other available drivers from the TOSHIBA website are already installed. It was not necessary to see whether any Windows 7 drivers might be compatible as TOSHIBA has posted Windows 8 drivers for this exact model.
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I did go to the TOSHIBA website and tried to install the recommended drivers. As with other examples of this very issue that can easily be found on the web, the problem is confined to the internal keyboard and touchpad. Since the external mouse works, I think we can infer that an external keyboard would work as well. Sadly for me, he or she doesn't appear to read these fora.
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There must be some expert out there who knows how some tinkering with the registry might allow me to properly reinstall the tiny driver files that are causing the whole issue. If I can hang on until the end of July I could also just let the system update itself to Windows 10. That could theoretically be the "solution" to every non hardware related problem on this forum, but it's neither time efficient nor does it preclude the very real possibility that when I finally get around to reinstalling the hundreds of updates it might happen again. Rebuilding the partition from scratch may ultimately be my only choice but that's less a solution than a last resort. I forgot to mention that I did try using System Restore but it failed. I have to agree with her that it's disgraceful that an update can render a computer unusable and Microsoft offers no fix years later. This sad fact was corroborated by the lone response I received to my post on the Microsoft Community forum. A google search of this issue yields quite a few posts over the last few years describing my situation down to the smallest detail. It is very much appreciated.Īctually my issue is not so unique. Once again, thank you for thoughts and support. The specifications for the laptop are as follows: I would very much appreciate any advice or suggestions. I have been unable to find any useful advice online. Running devices troubleshooting software from Microsoft.
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Installing OS appropriate drivers from TOSHIBA website Uninstalling the items from device manager and scanning for hardware changes. Uninstalling the items in question from device manager and rebooting. Uninstalling the Elan software update that seemed to trigger the issue. These are the things I have tried (using the on screen keyboard) The keyboard works normally in Windows 7. This computer has a dual boot with a Windows 7 partition. There is nothing wrong with the keyboard itself. "Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. The following devices are indicated as not working in device manager: Upon examining the details the updates were installed a day or two before but the issue started only after a reboot. After installing automatic updates on my TOSHIBA laptop with Windows 8.1 the keyboard no longer works.