Unable to enter "Standby"

[pappaarp]

These are the conditions as I know them;

Upon any attempt to put the system into "standby" from the start menu, I currently get the following message;

“The device driver for the 'Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard' device is preventing the machine from entering standby. Please close all applications and try again. If the problem persists, you may need to update this driver.”

This message once read as follows (with the original KB)

"The device driver for the Easy internet keyboard device is preventing the machine from
entering standby. Please close all applications and try again. If the problem persists,
you may have to update this driver".

This problem has been with the machine since day one when I started adding my existing hardware to a new computer. Older hardware Underlined items in “Sys Config.” Below.

The original configuration had a standard PS2 KB and the problem appeared sometime during the other hardware installations. There were several driver related (Printer & Scanner) problems that I had to solve one at a time,.

The new KB is a USB. The computer recognized the new KB and installed the USB drivers and all works fine except the problem is still with me. I have deleted all traces of the old KB even in the REGISTRY, deleted all the old drivers in the Control Panel/KB, hardware tab, BUT the computer still re-recognizes the PS2, (which “AIN”T” there) and re-installs the drivers. I don’t know if the drivers are required by the USB version but the KB was properly recognized as new hardware when first installed.
Everything works fine except I can’t put the computer in “standby” when I leave for an hour or so.
Hopefully, I have provided enough detail for someone to recognize what the problem might be……..HELP !

System config. AMD 1.1 PROC, ASUS MOBO, 256 Meg PC2100, ATI RADEON COLOR, PLEXTOR 16/10/40A CD-RW, 20G HD, 3.6 G HD, VIEWSONIC P810 MON, HP 5200C SCAN, BJC-5000 PRN, MS NATURAL KB (USB), SONY USB MOUSE/MEM STICK READER

[lpc300]

Altough this sounds like a Windows problems, I'm wondering...did you enable USB keyboard support in your BIOS? Not sure, but this could possibly be causing some issue.

[pappaarp]

The initial keyboard was a good generic, soon after I switched to a Logitech internet KB, That is when it all went to heck. During this same period I was in the Driver battle with My HP scanner and updating my printer drivers. The printer drivers gave me NO problems once updated. The HP scanner drivers however were another story. I obtained the updated Disk from HP and followed their directions to the letter, again and again and.................. till I gave up and did it MY way which is install the SW then plug in the scanner (USB)
It worked like like a charm and functions flawless. It did give me the "system32" Popup at start-up and I pursued that till I bought a copy of Norton System works and it found the registry problem (Incomplete entry, It fixed it for me. I switched to the current USB key board thinking it might be able to bypass the problem described in my Help solicitation. I started getting the Lack of standby support during the installation of the Logitech KB, they by the way recognize there is some sort of a problem with their software and W2K but there is no help beyond that. I have searched the registry (very carefully) for remnants of the LKB but I'm not sure I would recognize it if I saw it. I did remove the logitech folder from the registry as instructed by them but it didn't help. I think the person that solves this one has to be a genius or very lucky. Don't know if I have added any intelligence or not. Keep the ideas coming I will try to answer what I am able to understand.