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Title: Keyboard off during Boot-Time scan
Post by: ziofat on October 29, 2006, 04:00:19 PM
Hi guys,
I have a problem with some viruses in my computer, but I can't delete them as they are in system folders.
I tried to launch the Boot-Time Scan after enabling the "USB Legacy Support" in the BIOS, butwhen the Boot-Time scan finds a virus I can't choose any option because the system doesn't see my Keyboard, why?

Maybe I must enable anything else?
Title: Re: Keyboard off during Boot-Time scan
Post by: DavidR on October 29, 2006, 04:40:58 PM
Whilst I don't know what your keyboard is or what BIOS you have there should be something in there to enable it. The USB Legacy Support sounds reasonable, if I remember rightly in my BIOS I had to look in the Integrated Peripherals section of the BIOS. In the end I ditched my wireless USB keyboard (I wasn't using the bells and whistles) and went back to a standard PS2 keyboard.

If you have an old PS2 keyboard you could plug that in before you boot. I have to do that with my mouse for one of my programs, even though I have the USB mouse enabled in the BOIS the program doesn't recognise it.
Title: Re: Keyboard off during Boot-Time scan
Post by: ziofat on October 30, 2006, 07:45:46 AM
I thought as first solution the PS/2 keyboard.
Thanks anyway, I'll try and let you know!
Title: Re: Keyboard off during Boot-Time scan
Post by: DavidR on October 30, 2006, 02:04:45 PM
That should hopefully resolve the problem, not ideal, but workable if you can't find the option in the BIOS. You need only do a boot-time scan on occasion when avast can't deal with a problem whilst windows is running, fortunately not to regular an occurrence.

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