I HAVE A REBUILT COMP. MY FIREND GAVE ME AN HP KEYBOARD BUT THE COMPUTER DOSE NOT SEEM TO DETECT THAT ITS EVEN PLUGED IN!!!! HELP I LIKE THE HP KEYBOARD BECAUSE THE WHITE KEYBOARD DONT MATCH MY BLACK COMP!! :) THANKS!
Go to settings/control panel/system/device manager and delete the device and shut down. Reboot and you should get the message new device found see if windows can install it from the windows files. If it is not there you will have to download the driver and install it manually.
I had a downside like that with my HP laptop interior the previous. I stored commencing it up, and powering it off. lower back and lower back and another time. After like 15 circumstances it worked. least perplexing diverse advice is to get a usb keyboard or laptop as a thank you to a minimum of get entry to your computing device quickly.
If the HP keyboard has an USB interface and you use Windows XP, it should be automatically recognized even if you plug it in while the computer is running. If it has a PS/2 interface you must turn off the computer, plug the keyboard in the purple connector behind your computer (the green one is for mouse!) and then power on your computer. If the connectors are not coloured, then plug the keyboard into the connector that is closer to the margin of the computer case.