Is a Driver needed for a PS/2 keyboard connected through USB

There is a problem connecting a PS/2 keyboard to a USB port of a laptop using a special cable.

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 says that a USB device cannot be recognized after you plug it in.

Different PS/2 devices - Genius K639 keyboard and a mouse - connected via this cable do not get recognized by Windows XP.

The same happens on a Windows XP desktop and another laptop which is under Windows 7 Home. The latter system does not report any errors at all, just the devices are not working.

The cable is made by DH&R, model is USB012A (AM/MD6F 0.15M). There is an inscription on the cable: “High speed cable 2.0 version 28AWG/1P+24AWG/2C”.
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Please let me know how one can make a PS/2 device work through a USB port.

Thank you!