Microsoft KB Archive/265860

= Cannot Select Text in Edit.com with Shift Key on USB Keyboard =

Article ID: 265860

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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This article was previously published under Q265860



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SYMPTOMS
If you use a Universal Serial Bus (USB) keyboard, when you hold down the SHIFT key and attempt to use the arrow keys to select text, you are unable to do so when you are using Edit.com at an MS-DOS prompt, or when you boot from an Emergency Boot Disk (EBD). The USB keyboard must be the only one that is attached to the computer for this issue to occur.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use a PS/2 keyboard, or edit and create text files by using Microsoft WordPad, or Microsoft Notepad, instead of Edit.com.



MORE INFORMATION
If a PS/2 keyboard is also attached to the computer, the USB keyboard does not exhibit this problem.

NOTE: USB Keyboards only work when booting from an EBD if the computer supports Legacy USB Emulation.

For additional information about this issue, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256300 USB Input Devices Do Not Work in Safe Mode or Real Mode

Additional query words: HWKEY

Keywords: kbfaq kbhardware kbprb KB265860

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