hi
Seems to me the problem here is getting into the box, and the mouse driver
has screwed up the keyboard driver too.
4 suggestions:-
1. Start NT in VGA mode. Sometimes this loads a minimal driver set
which *might* help,
2. Get a copy of NTFSDOS from www.winternals.com. This allows you to
boot from a floppy and mount the NTFS volume from DOS. Once in, you can
try to hack-out the mouse driver - find the driver files that the mouse
wants and rename them so they fail - this should stop them loading and
killing the keyboard. This software costs money, but it's saved my ass
tons of times and it's a must-have. One tip with this: there's a switch to
increase available memory (can't remember what it is) but you MUST use it
to be able to successfully copy/rename/delete files).
3. Do a parallel install of NT to the box, boot from that and resolve
the problem on the original install in the same way as described in 2
above. Then boot to the original NT and remove the parallel one.
4. Do you have other machines on the same network?? Are they in the
same domain/trust relationship?? If so, boot the bad machine and then
hack-out the driver for the mouse from another host. Cripple it, then
restart the bad machine. With luck you'll get keyboard access.
Good luck!
John
At 17:01 19/09/00 -0600, you wrote:
>How bout talking about this NT issue directly?
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Philippe Varichon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 4:52 PM
>Subject: RE: Stuck at the NT Login box
>
>
> > Yes, the mouse is wireless...It was working without installing the driver
>that came with it (9.1) but then I thought that it would be a good idea to
>update it.
> > But what happened is that it could not update and the previous driver
>might have been erased because it did not appeared in the "Program" menu.
>The problem appeared then at reboot time.
> >
> > I also tried to plug the previous mouse (Logitech) via PS2 but the results
>were the same.
> > Also the space bar does not work.
> >
> > I do have NTFS.
> > Can you actually insert the HD into a working NT server and recover the
>data from it?
> > Is it not going to conflict with the other NT OS?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Philippe
> >
> >
> > >Have you tried plugging a PS2 mouse into the box and booting in safe
>mode?
> > >That should get you in, at which point you should be able to "update" the
> > >drivers for the Logitech mouse with the older version.
> > >
> > >Now, I have to ask in order to satisfy my own curiosity, are you running
>a
> > >cordless, Logitech mouse on a server? Logitech mice (and cordless mice in
> > >general) are very definitely bad mojo.
> > >
> > >Benjamin S. Rogers
> > >Web Developer, c4.net
> > >voice: (508) 240-0051
> > >fax: (508) 240-0057
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Philippe Varichon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > >Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 5:11 PM
> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Subject: OT: Stuck at the NT Login box
> > >
> > >
> > >My NT server (SP6) was working until I tried without success to update a
> > >Logitech driver for a wireless mouse (NT
> > >compatible).
> > >
> > >When I rebooted I could get to the login box but I could not enter a
> > >username because I got the following error message from the
> > >Service Control Manager: 'At least one service or driver failed during
> > >service startup. Use event viewer to examine the event log
> > >for details.'
> > >The OK button on this message cannot be pressed and the 'Begin Logon' box
> > >cannot be accessed in the backrground.
> > >
> > >I tried to boot with the 'Last Known Good Configuration' but it does not
> > >work because I updated a driver not added one.
> > >
> > >The repair disk did not help.
> > >
> > >Anyone knows if there is a way around this?
> > >And if not how can I reclaim the data on my HD? ( I have only a partial
>Back
> > >up...)
> > >
> > >Thank you a million in advance
> > >
> > >Philippe Varichon
> > >
> > >
> >
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