I am trying to restore a windows xp media center

i am presing long'ctrl' then 'f11' and release them at the same time.

I ger the message 'keyboard failure' and then i have to restart the pc in order to get the keyboard to work again

I need to restore a windows xp media center edition

rotaru,

Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.

What system are you needing to restore? Some systems use F8 instead of CTL + F11.

rotaru,

Thank you for contacting the Dell Community Forums.  I have a couple of questions for you:

• What kind of system do you have?
• Do other keys on the keyboard work?
• How often are you pressing CTRL-F11?  If you press those keys too rapidly, or hold them down too long, the keyboard can interpret that as a stuck key and trigger a keyboard failure error.

rotaru,

It sounds like the keyboard controller may be treating your CTRL-F11 keystroke as a stuck key, triggering an error and causing the system to stop responding to the keyboard.  Try pressing and releasing CTRL-F11 a couple of times instead of holding them down, and see if the results change.

windows xp media center

did anyone  ever tried to restore its system with this method?

i tried. No its says "system can not restore. no availible reboot device".

i have no problem booting.but i get a lot of errors when i run my programs and everyday its getting worst. i think i have a virus or maybe my windows its too old and needs to be reinstaled .(i dodn't have the original cd anymore either)

i have a dell xps dxg061