=->>Scott
=->
=->Why don't you just disable the checking for a keyboard in the BIOS ?
=->
=->Turn off keyboard 'installed' and the machine should boot up whether a
=->keyboard is installed or not !


First of all, I can't in a Compaq Laptop (or at least I don't know how
<g>).  Second and mainly, the whole reason for doing this is so I can use a
scanner that is a keyboard wedge adn requires the use of a keyboard.  The
PC won't recognize that anything is attached to the port unless I have a
keyboard attached.  I don't need an external keyboard for entry, thus the
desire to have a keyboard faker.

Thanks anyway for the suggestion.

Scott