I am trying to repair my installation of WinXP Pro. However, during the
initial installation process, I am asked to press the F8 key to agree to
Microsoft's EULA. For some reason unknown to me, my F8 key will not work in
this step and I have to press Escape to get out. I normally can use F8 to
boot into Safe Mode. Any ideas as to what is going on here and how I can
resolve this problem? Thanks.

Frank
El Paso, Texas

Carnage_7 wrote:

> I am trying to repair my installation of WinXP Pro. However,
> during the
> initial installation process, I am asked to press the F8 key to agree
> to
> Microsoft's EULA. For some reason unknown to me, my F8 key will not
> work in
> this step and I have to press Escape to get out. I normally can use
> F8 to
> boot into Safe Mode. Any ideas as to what is going on here and how I
> can
> resolve this problem? Thanks.

You've probably got one of those keyboards that has the F-Lock
"feature". You need to toggle the F-Lock feature so you can press F8.
If that isn't your issue, attach a different keyboard for the install.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Carnage_7 wrote:

> I am trying to repair my installation of WinXP Pro. However,
> during the
> initial installation process, I am asked to press the F8 key to agree
> to
> Microsoft's EULA. For some reason unknown to me, my F8 key will not
> work in
> this step and I have to press Escape to get out. I normally can use
> F8 to
> boot into Safe Mode. Any ideas as to what is going on here and how I
> can
> resolve this problem? Thanks.

You've probably got one of those keyboards that has the F-Lock
"feature". You need to toggle the F-Lock feature so you can press F8.
If that isn't your issue, attach a different keyboard for the install.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

"Malke" wrote:

> Carnage_7 wrote:
>
> > I am trying to repair my installation of WinXP Pro. However,
> > during the
> > initial installation process, I am asked to press the F8 key to agree
> > to
> > Microsoft's EULA. For some reason unknown to me, my F8 key will not
> > work in
> > this step and I have to press Escape to get out. I normally can use
> > F8 to
> > boot into Safe Mode. Any ideas as to what is going on here and how I
> > can
> > resolve this problem? Thanks.
>
> You've probably got one of those keyboards that has the F-Lock
> "feature". You need to toggle the F-Lock feature so you can press F8.
> If that isn't your issue, attach a different keyboard for the install.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

Did you resolve this issue, as I have the same problem?