> Hello Carlos,
> For drivers and services
> Start Value of 0 is boot, it's not disabled
> Start Value of 4 is disabled
>
> Thanks,
> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
>
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> |>Thread-Topic: Event ID 7026 error in event viewer
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> |>From: =?Utf-8?B?Q2FybG9z?= <Carlos[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com>
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> |>Subject: RE: Event ID 7026 error in event viewer
> |>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:48:03 -0700
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> |>Guess I have found the answer myself, though I have not been able to try
> it
> |>(gotta get my wife out of the keyboard, she's playing the darned
> Solitaire).
> |>
http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/showthread.php?t=140641> |>Fact is that I watched event viewer in another Vista x64 PC, also with
> |>wireless USB mouse/keyboard and no PS/2 devices and guess what...
> |>There was no event id 7026 error!
> |>What was the difference then (apart from hardware)
> |>The answer was not blowing in the wind but in the aforementioned page,
> which
> |>I now quote:
> |>"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ i8042prt \
> Start
> |>
> |>. . . when the DWORD Value was 1 ( enabled ) - I got Event ID 7026
> |>
> |>. . . when I changed it to 0 ( disabled ) - this didn't fix it
> |>
> |>. . . when I changed it to 4 ( restricted ) - this fixed it"
> |>
> |>My PC has a 1, causing the error.
> |>The "other" PC has a 4, not causing the error.
> |>I am eager to test this but, you know, SHE is using MY PC!
> |>Hope this helps anyone having this problem.
> |>Carlos
> |>
> |>"Carlos" wrote:
> |>
> |>> I get this error whenever I boot Vista x64.
> |>> It says that the i8042prt controller could not be started.
> |>> Could it be because I have no PS2 devices connected?
> |>> I am on wireless keyboard/mouse.
> |>> Carlos
> |>
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