Stupid Microsoft

[gregzz4]

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 ...

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

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

error 1603 - good luck finding an answer online with that one
It wouldn't let me install it

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

That should help. Assuming you can find the msi log

[gregzz4]

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

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

[Aquattro]

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

[gregzz4]

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

[Aquattro]

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