How do I configure the email button on my keyboard?

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how do I configure compaq keyboard for outlook mail using hot mail that is connected to outlook

I have a similar problem with my emial button in windows Me. When I use my email button on my HP keyboard it opens up a yahoo emial sign in page. I want it to open Outlook express. When I go to the keyboard manager to change the button there is just one item in the menu. It just says email. Then there is a second box to choose and you type in what you want. I've tried outlook express, and every other variation of that and all the help I could find on the web, but with no luck. So I can I make my email button open up outlook express in windows me. Thank you for your help...

Hi Leo,
I have an HP 8540 running Win XP SP2.

Recently after adding some Windows updates,
I find that the "buttons" tab in the control panel > keyboard properties
pane is no longer showing. A visit to Www.hp.com shows keyboard drivers for earlier
versions of Windows, but not for XP.

All this means that I am no longer able to program the keys,
and worse still, the popular non HP driver SP26411.exe simply wipes all
my settings without providing a buttons tab.

Can you suggest a fix for this please.

same thing happened to me so obviously it's an issue; also my nice LED blue lights for my card reader slots don't light up and CD player won't play, just opens and closes but doesn't read...

fixes are like prescription drugs. take this but it could do this, this, and this

thanks for listening to my rant; it's very frustrating try to fix stuff every time I update

After much dabbling I have a "workaround" for this problem.

The trick is to edit the CFG.INI file. On my PC this resides at C:\HP\KBD\CFG.INI

Copy your existing CFG.INI file to another folder, as a backup in case of trouble.

Then, using the "CONNECT" button as an example:-

Open CFG.INI using Notepad, find the heading [CurrentSct], then enter the following
below it on a new line:- Connect = "Google|http://www.google.co.uk/"
Then find the heading [CurrentUrl] and enter an identical new line below it.

Delete any pre-existing line(s) beneath these two headings that may contain Connect =

Delete C:\Program Files\Netropa\ or the button's name may not show at the bottom of the screen
when you come to use it.

Re-boot the PC for the changes to take effect and with luck the CONNECT button
should now open Google.

All 7 buttons along the top edge and 3 down the left side of the keyboard can
be set to visit websites (URLs), or open files on the PC. For opening files omit the entry under
the [CurrentUrl] heading.

The entries can go in any order under a heading, I use the order printed on the keyboard
labels.

Some buttons go under 2 names. The CFG.INI file lists the alternative
where appropriate. i.e. News/People & Weather/Finance etc.

Now, all buttons work as intended on my PC. Hope this works for you too.

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