Sony Plug'n'Play Keyboard not recognised & other driver oddities

Hi all, hope someone is able to help.

I have a Sony VGP-WKB1 Wireless Keyboard and Mouse which is plug 'n' play
compatible with any WinXP machine.

When I connect the USB receiver to the laptop, device manager detects a "RF
Receiver". When I try to auto-install the driver, it finds nothing and
gives up.

Sony can supply no CD-ROM or driver download because they are adamant it is
included with XP as standard.

I have noticed some other drivers not auto-installing although I can't be
sure, as I always had their driver CD to hand.

Is there some way to repair the driver database in XP without losing any
other settings or updates? It's a fairly new machine but I've customised it
a lot.

Alternatively anyone able to point me to the driver download for a
keyboard/mouse "RF Receiver"?

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Not to worry, solved this as follows:

Show hidden files
Instead of letting Windows auto-install the driver, specify the location
c:\windows\inf and let it manually search
It does this 5 times, finding USB Composite Device, then the HID keyboard &
mouse.

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Thanks,
CJSnet

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"CJSnet" <usenet@TEETHthe-simpson.tv> wrote in message
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> Hi all, hope someone is able to help.
>
> I have a Sony VGP-WKB1 Wireless Keyboard and Mouse which is plug 'n' play
> compatible with any WinXP machine.
>
> When I connect the USB receiver to the laptop, device manager detects a
> "RF Receiver". When I try to auto-install the driver, it finds nothing
> and gives up.
>
> Sony can supply no CD-ROM or driver download because they are adamant it
> is included with XP as standard.
>
> I have noticed some other drivers not auto-installing although I can't be
> sure, as I always had their driver CD to hand.
>
> Is there some way to repair the driver database in XP without losing any
> other settings or updates? It's a fairly new machine but I've customised
> it a lot.
>
> Alternatively anyone able to point me to the driver download for a
> keyboard/mouse "RF Receiver"?
>
> --
> Thanks,
> CJSnet
>
> Recommended:
> * http://search.superhighstreet.com - Finds anything or they pay!
> * http://www.superhighstreet.com & http://www.oxfordstreet.com - Beat the
> crowds with Virtual Streetscapes
>
> [remove 'teeth' to e-mail me]
>
>