Help! Keyboard not recognized in IL2 1946

[f6f5hellcat]

Hello,

I have a problem with IL 1946 (v4.12.2) and so far I was not able to find any solution to my issue . I do hope the community here has some ideas how to fix this.

Symptom:
IL2 1946 is not recognizing my keyboard inputs both in-game and in the game Controls panel (change key bindings). The keyboard input is recognized in Full Mission Builder -> Edit -> Mission Description but the keys behave like they are stuck (ex: aaaabbbbbbbbb, etc.).
Joystick/mouse inputs are recognized in the game. No other software/games have problems recognizing the keyboard input and no conflicts are reported in the Device Manager.
If booted in Safe Mode the keyboard is recognized in the game (I can change the key bindings in Controls), but the behavior in Full Mission Editor is unchanged (stuck-liked keys).

Background:
I had IL2 1946 installed for a long time and everything worked just fine. Sometime ago I bought a wireless keyboard (Logitech K800). Windows installed it automatically and for the first time it worked with IL2 without any issues. A couple of weeks after (no valid restore point) I’ve tried to play IL2 but no keyboard input was recognized from either the laptop’s keyboard or the wireless one.
The game is not installed in C:\Program Files\ but on a different drive from the system drive.

What I’ve done so far:
* Uninstall the wireless keyboard drivers => no effect
* Uninstall and reinstall IL2 1946 (DVD – v4.7) => no effect
* Reinstall IL2 Pacific Fighters (CD) => same behavior (keyboard not recognized)
* Compared Device Manager between Safe Mode and Normal boot. One difference was the Microsoft eHome IR keyboard. I’ve disabled Human Interface Devices -> ITECIR Infrared Receiver (EC) and the eHome keyboard was deactivated, but no effect unfortunately.

System Information:
* Computer: Alienware M15
* Processor: Intel i7-840QM
* RAM: 8GB
* Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M, 1.5GB GDDR5 VRAM
* OS: Windows 7 with SP1 and latest updates
* DirectX 11, Input Related Devices->PS/2 Devices->Standard PS/2 keyboard (service i8042prt) and HID Keyboard Device (service: kbdhid)

Any ideas are more than welcome. I have limited time (job … ) and other software installed on my computer so Windows re-install is really the ultimate solution which I try to avoid. Does anybody knows where IL2 is reading the keyboard input (registry key, etc.).


Thank you for your support and many thanks to Team Deidalos for keeping IL2 alive!