\\.\DRI_KBFiltr error message when upgrade from Home to Pro

[Chrismenzies]

Hi all.

A friend has a TOSHIBA S3000-X4 laptop.

It was purchased with Windows XP Home installed. They have upgraded to Windows XP Pro and am experiencing a number of errors.

Blank screens, no Taskbar, and a \\.\DRI-KBFiltr : The system cannot find the files specified Error Message.

These errors are random.

Can anyone help. My friend does not require Windows XP Home for her laptop as she will only be using it at home, standalone.

Is there a way to uninstall the Windows XP Pro upgrade? If not I have seen on the Microsoft website a KB article on a HP laptop with the \\.\DRI-KBFiltr error message, but no KB article concerning an TOSHIBA laptop. Again, can anyone help?

I welcome all replies as my friend would really like to use the laptop soon, but is unsure how it will react when switched on.

Regards

CRML

 

[bcastner]

http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBM/tip6200/rh6277.htm

You will not get anywhere with DriTek systems, but you should be able to find a driver from Toshiba, or see:

http://www.input-drivers.com/companies/1066.htm

 

[Chrismenzies]

bcastner

Thakns for the reply.

Howver, I cannot see my TOSHIBA S3000-X4 laptop listed on the input-drivers.com website. Any ideas where to find the drivers? The Toshiba website seems impossible to search for me.

Help!

CRML

 

[linney]

dri_kbfiltr absent without leave!
thread779-302166


And here is something I copied from somewhere but have no links to........



"Here is the original email I got from a helpful person----hope it helps you
also:

********BEGIN******************
Let me look into my crystal ball... you are running a laptop w/ two 'hot
keys' at the top of the keyboard that have icons for quick access to
Internet and another application.... and they don't do anything.

They are actually managed by a software package called "Easy Button" by
Dritek Systems (which is probably missing from your computer). Windows 2000
( XP too probably) detects the keys and tries to install a driver. When it
can't find a driver using it's usual methods, you get the DRI_KBFilter
message.

You will get the DRI error until you install the appropriate driver for the
keys. In my case, the file was downloaded from the Toshiba website (yours
too maybe?)
Check out

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_dtlViewDL.jsp?soid=120763&m

oid=1073833655&BV_SessionID=@@@@0934775887.1004042230@@@@&BV_EngineID=kadccf
imigmibfekcghcfmfdgli.0&ct=DL
and

http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/s3kbtn2.exe

I obviously can't guarantee that it will work for you, but installing
"Toshiba Button Manager for Windows 2000" aka "Easy Button" by Dritek
Systems from the above URL solved my problem.
Enjoy.
*********************END********************

 

[bcastner]

My suggestion was along the lines proposed by linney: the DriTek driver does not appear to have had anything dramatic done to it in years.

You may not find something that says exactly "TOSHIBA S3000-X4 laptop driver for Easy Buttons", so you have to experiment.

Remember that under Device Manager the driver rollback feature is your friend here. I would tend to stay away from a driver that planned on changing the track pad or mouse drivers.