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Joe Scott
I was happily using my Thinkpad T60 last night when the final update notification popped up. There were updates available (the usual sort) so I let them install and went about my business. After the installation of the updates a restart was required, so I let the laptop restart.
To my surprise and shock, the keyboard and pointer are now inoperable. According to the Device Manager, the devices are error code 37 - "Windows cannot initialize the device drivers".
The drivers have no "rollback" and have always worked just fine until this update, and now Microsoft does not support the OS.
Did Microsoft intend to render hardware useless in hope to force hardware upgrades to equipment running Windows 8? That would be like car manufacturers disabling the engines in their older cars to force people to buy new ones.
UNACCEPTABLE.
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/got2bjoester/DSCF2025.jpg - screen capture of my device manager showing the issue
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To my surprise and shock, the keyboard and pointer are now inoperable. According to the Device Manager, the devices are error code 37 - "Windows cannot initialize the device drivers".
The drivers have no "rollback" and have always worked just fine until this update, and now Microsoft does not support the OS.
Did Microsoft intend to render hardware useless in hope to force hardware upgrades to equipment running Windows 8? That would be like car manufacturers disabling the engines in their older cars to force people to buy new ones.
UNACCEPTABLE.
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/got2bjoester/DSCF2025.jpg - screen capture of my device manager showing the issue
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