When I go to a dos PROMPT whether it be from the run or directly booting up to one I get these wierd characters at the prompt.  At first it looks normal, but as soon as I type something it turns into this:
C:\>.
and when I type a file name in as soon as I type the dot (.) it jumps back to this and tells me bad file name.
If I hit backspace to clear the . I get this:
C:\>^
Can someone PLEASE help me!!!!!!
Can you email me as well as post it.
Thanks,
VickiSounds like a good old fashioned DOS virus, probably PICKED up from a floppy. Do a virus scan and make sure options are set to all files. Check your config.sys DEVICE = statements for references to ansi.sys. If you don't use it or don't know what it is, rem it out or delete it.Ran the scan disk with newest dats and engine-->nothing came up.
I checked the config.sys under Device = and there was nothing to reference a ansi.sys.
Do you have anything else that I can try?
Never mind, it wasn't DOS at all, it is the keyboard on the laptop, it is acting all screwy.  Thanks for your help. Either disassemble and CLEAN the laptop keyboard, get a standard keyboard and a keyboard/mouse splitter plug so you can run both a standard keyboard and standard pointing device from the single PS2 port on the back of the unit, or add a USB keyboard and/or pointing device to restore normal OPERATION.