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June 17th, 2004, 09:45 PM
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I've been trying for some time now to get a driver for my "easy access" hp-keyboard... Am I looking at the wrong places or do they not really exist? I installed xp on my comp recently and now I can't find the keyboard drivers. Any hint and tips on where to find them will be greatly appreciated.
HP internet keyboard
model#: 5181
P/N: 5185-2040
S/N: 10200467
Rev: 1.2
Knows this is an out of the ordinary question, but plz help!
BTW, they are not on the cd's that came with the comp. | 
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June 17th, 2004, 09:58 PM
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June 18th, 2004, 09:05 AM
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these are not the correct drivers... My keyboard was bought with a hp pavilion 7850 computer. Those drivers were not for pavilion comps. | |
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June 18th, 2004, 09:24 AM
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looks to me like the only driver they have for this keyboard is for windows 98/ME so you might be outta luck. link | |
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June 18th, 2004, 09:25 AM
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It's either a logitech or a microsoft keyb. Drivers for those will work for it. | |
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June 18th, 2004, 09:40 AM
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The driver installation for me/98 sais it's a
Netropa One-Touch Multimedia Keyboard
Is that logitech or microsoft? And what kind? | |
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June 18th, 2004, 09:45 AM
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seems the netropa one touch keyboard is actually a form of spyware... http://www.gank.com/spyware/HP/
it is pinging back to hp etc....
evidently spyware programs like adaware and others will detect the mmkeybd.exe as spyware
the article went on the say that there is supposedly a newer driver that doesnt "phone home" and act as spyware....either way it is something to think about
If you do a search on google for MMKEYBD.EXE you get all kinds of hits describing it as spyware....perhaps some of those articles tell where to get the "safe" driver....
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June 18th, 2004, 09:57 AM
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June 18th, 2004, 10:20 AM
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if its a usb keyboard, why not use a an adapter that will allow your keyboard to plug into the normal keyboard socket, thts what i use for this logitech usb board......and it works fine wth the default windows drivers | |
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June 18th, 2004, 10:22 AM
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well he needs a driver though for the extra functions of the internet hotkeys etc | |
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