Recent content by VideoSavant

Problem resolved -- I've reinstalled Windows 7, Service Pack 1. Everything works correctly...so far. Thanks again to everyone who took time to offer a suggested solution. I do appreciate it, but in the end, life is too short too waste any more time fixing things that Microsoft could have and...

So, I go to uninstall the Logitech Setpoint driver, as suggested by Topgundcp. Here's what I see when I click the program in the Programs Control Panel console. Not exactly a confidence builder... Clicking on OK does nothing and SetPoint remains in the list of installed programs. Can't really...

I don't believe that the problem is hardware (button). The Mute button stopped working at some point during my use of Windows 8. When I upgraded to Windows 8.1 the Mute button operated normally for a period of a few weeks, and then it stopped working. I'll look into uninstalling the Logitech...

I always do clean installs. I haven't attempted an in-place upgrade of Windows since the pre-3.0 days. This reminds me again why I liked Windows 7 so much. Every previous version of Microsoft Windows would get slower and less reliable as time went on, eventually getting to the point where a...

My beef is with Windows 8, in general, including 8.1. Windows 7 was the best OS Microsoft ever built. Tacking on the Metro stuff is now looking like a massive cockup. Usually when Microsoft delivers a lemon (Windows 2, Windows ME, Windows Vista), the follow-up (Windows 386, Windows XP, Windows...

As each day goes by, Windows 7 is looking better and better... My list of gripes with Windows 8, and now Windows 8.1, are getting longer as time goes on: * Of course, there's my problem with the Mute button not having any effect, first in Windows 8, and then eventually again after upgrading to...

Still, no luck, but I still have some experimenting to do with the multiple drivers currently installed... Thanks again.

Thanks, X -- but that didn't fix my problem...

Yes, I see in device manager that I have a couple dozen device drivers for Human Interface, including four for keyboards. I'll try to triage those down and see if one of these is the culprit... Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions.

Actually, the physical key is fine. It worked after I updated to Windows 8.1 but stopped working after a week or two. It was previously not responding under Windows 8.

I have Windows 8.1 Pro and a Logitech K800 Keyboard (wireless/illuminated) and I'm continuing to be frustrated by the fact that the Mute button does not work. Oddly enough, I had the same problem with a previous Windows 8.0 Pro install -- it went away when I upgraded to Windows 8.1. But the...

Thanks for the suggestion, Yorky. I had used the 64-bit version of Firefox in the past (via Nightlys). I can't remember why I went back to the 32-bit version (maybe the perpetual beta status of the 64-bit version). Anyway, this morning I downloaded the latest 64-bit Firefox Nightly (20.0a1...

brummyfan, Thanks for the suggestion on Refresh. I'll give that a try sometime next week, as I've got a couple things up in the air and don't have the time right now to try this. I appreciate your help.

brummyfan, You may not believe this. I tried both of your suggestions a few hours ago. During that period, no more lags or "Not Responding" messages. So, I came here to send you a thank you, and in the course of typing my message, the keyboard stopped responding and the "Not Responding" message...

I saw the other thread here about "Windows 8 Pro Randomly Freezing," but I think I'm seeing something slightly different. In my case, I'm getting random, repeated instances of various desktop applications temporarily "locking up" and displaying a "Not Responding" message in the title bar of the...