Can't install printer driver

meamjw

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I am running Win 7 Pro 64 and have been using a Natural Keyboard Pro for several years on this computer with this OS and have had no problems with it until about two weeks ago when my computer took a schizoprhrenic fit and started doing all kinds of weird things.
I was trying everything I could think of to fix it and finally did get it working normally again, but don't know which of my tweaks did the job.
Just one problem left: my keyboard still has basic functionality but the special keys don't work anymore. I tried several re-mapping programs, but no luck. I downladed a new Intellitype driver but it wouldn't install. Got a bitchbox about compatibility. I have a CD with Intellitype on it but it wouldn't even run before I got the bitchbox. This thing has me really ticked at Microsoft. If my keyboard has worked just fine for years what business do they have trying to force me to stop using it?
I read a post on Tom's about installing a driver through Device Manager, but I don't know how to do that. Can someone please give me instructions?
 
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Sounds like typical Microsoft Windows Update that fixes 1 problem and creates 2 new ones. It broke my Internet Explorer a year ago. I am using firefox for most of the time but have a very important website connected to my work that is hardcoded to only work with MSIE. Windows update broke it so now i run a virtual machine with a fresh, not updated version of windows just to be able to get the job done.

Anyway, did you try to install the driver using the compatibility wizard? It solved me a problem with a printer once.

holyprof

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Sounds like typical Microsoft Windows Update that fixes 1 problem and creates 2 new ones. It broke my Internet Explorer a year ago. I am using firefox for most of the time but have a very important website connected to my work that is hardcoded to only work with MSIE. Windows update broke it so now i run a virtual machine with a fresh, not updated version of windows just to be able to get the job done.

Anyway, did you try to install the driver using the compatibility wizard? It solved me a problem with a printer once.
 
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