Stupid Microsoft
 

I hate software that doesn't do what it should/says it will

I have a Microsoft wireless ergonomic keyboard and mouse 7000 combo that I love
They worked just fine on WinXPPro
When I switched to Win8.1 all info I could find was that they are compatible
After connecting them and installing Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center, the Keyboard became unresponsive ... to the point that I had to use an on-screen keyboard to do 'everything'

After a couple weeks of messing around, including using the el-cheapo set that came with my new PC, I decided that my old set was kaput

I bought a new mouse and keyboard thinking this would fix the issue as my old hardware is many years old

I plugged them in and, after an hour of testing, installed the MS M&K Center Program

All was good for a total of about 2 mins - then the keyboard dies ... :twised:

I removed the set, and the program, then had to do a hard re-boot

I tried to re-install the MS M&K Program, but no go, time and again with error 1603 - good luck finding an answer online with that one
It wouldn't let me install it

Weeks ago, when this all started, I created a Restore Point for B4 messing with the Mouse and Keyboard. I tried to restore to that date and it failed, thanks mostly due to Kaspersky

So I tried to install MS M&K one more time, after the failed restore point and it worked. STUPID MICROSOFT

Then, once I had my hardware all setup with my buttons where I like them, the keyboard dies AGAIN. And this is with a brand-new 4000 Keyboard and 4500 mouse

I finally remembered something from the old days and decided to roll back the drivers on the keyboard and, low-and-behold, there it is just like it used to be

All is good now. And it even knows all the shortcut keys even though the drivers were rolled back

I can't adjust the keyboard anymore unless I roll the drivers forward so I'll live with it for now

And I now have a spare wired mouse and keyboard in case my wireless set 'does' actually crap out

STUPID MICROSOFT

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/arc...01/446328.aspx

That should help. Assuming you can find the msi log :)

Thanks anyway but, besides the fact that it's all Greek to me, it's working now so I don't care anymore :biggrin:

I was gonna call you but decided I would break it or send it back before I bothered a friend

Just as well, I spend my days searching for 1603 errors :) You already figured out the layman's description. Product won't install -lol

Honestly, I got lucky. But it's still not fixed - i'm just gonna live with the bug

I spent all my time on Win95 forward to Vista learning and tweaking this crap

When it told me it failed to install I was ready to take it back and tell them to fix it !!!

I've had so many things break lately I feel like I'm living in Bob Dylan's song Everything is Broken

I got an e-mail tonight that my replacement iPhone is ready for pickup
I've spent thousands on my truck
My furnace motor is on it's way out
This new PC, thanks mostly in part to MSoft and their partners, has sucked another grand out of my vacation money

Bah, I could go on but that's enough to kill the thread

Maybe you just need to buy a nice $500 laptop and don't install junk gadget apps? :) I don't know what MS mouse and keyboard is, but it sounds like it's related to Microsoft Bob and should not get installed on a computer -lol

I can't type on a Laptop, and really like my large monitor

I know I could have probably bought a laptop and run it on a monitor, but I still like my mouse/keyboard setup and thought why bother with one when all I'd do is add stuff to it to make it like a desktop

Examples ?

I don't usually install much

I've had my iPhone 5 for 18 months and the only thing on it besides factory is Google Maps :smile:

It's the program that allows you to set all your custom buttons/keys etc on your MS hardware

It used to be separated with Intelli-Point and Intelli-Touch

Apple.......Apple.....Apple.........:mrgreen:

Any Linux users? What's going on in that camp?

I'm actually still using an ancient notebook running XP, tempting fate. Every time I turn it on I get the "End of support" pop up nagging me. Nevertheless, the world hasn't ended & I'm able to do most of what I need to do. Although I have several bits of hardware that use touch screen technology, I'm not enthused about upgrading to a 'tablet' type of computer with no keyboard. I spent some serious time in high school way back when to learn typing. My buddy & I were the only two males in a classroom full of young ladies!

Use Chrome as browser now, but also still have IE installed since it downloads my finance data from the bank directly into Quicken. When I do the same with Chrome, the qfx file gets downloaded to my hard drive & I have to go through the process of importing it into Quicken. That's a royal pain compared to the IE download. When I log in to my TNG bank account with IE, it reminds me that I'm using an outdated browser & I should update for a 'better' experience with 'all' the features, whatever that means. It still allows me to download data, transfer money & do everything I need to do. So in my experience, new is not necessarily always better.

My company decided that we were all moving to Redhat 6, with some customizations, and my entire team went back to Windows within 3 months. Just horrid to use in a work environment, and we're all techs. I think for home users, it would be a nightmare.

And anyone that doesn't like Microsoft should work with Lotus Notes for a month. Whole new perspective on stoopid software. :)