boot camp keyboard problems!!!! argh

[saladrax350]

hi all, i'm a new mac user here and i have just purchased a macbook. since some of my old pc apps demand it, i installed boot camp on my laptop. however i'm getting the most annyong keyboard problems. the most frustrating is that is seems my num lock doesn't function and i can't use my numpad, the caps lock works fine though. the other annoying thing is that my eject key doesn't work. i've installed and uninstalled the driver cd a hundred times over and it still doesnt fix the problem. does anyone else have these issues? please help me out here!! thanks a lot ^_^

 

[tipdrill407]

Are you running XP SP2?? The drivers will not just simply install properly like that if your're running SP1

 

[saladrax350]

yeah i'm running sp2, plus i think boot camp only supports sp2...

 

[JDM DC2R]

You may want to refer to onmac.net for these problems. To save you some time and trouble, there is a program a very wonderful person made out there to re-organize all your keyboard settings so you can use it like how you've used it on mac OS.

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=3311

there you go. simple fix, and very user-friendly.

However, if you were to use a windows-designed bluetooth keyboard like myself, you'll have to uninstall this program (which is very easy again) and install it again if you were to go mobile w/o a wireless keyboard.

http://forum.onmac.net/showthread.php?t=928

There is the thread where it was taken from.




If you would like to use the backlit keyboard function on your XP MBP.. follow this link
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/224541/