How to repair and download i8042prt.sys

Jan. 15, 2016 - PRLog -- Understanding i8042prt_sys:-

We all use Mouse devices and keyboard ever day when we start to work with our computers. In a laptop using a mouse gives us the mobility we need to navigate on the screen and using a keyboard just simple allows us to write or type or send commands and stop or perform functions. I8042prt.sys is the system driver file for ps/2 style mouse devices and keyboards, for Microsoft Windows 2000/ XP/Vista/7/8 and Windows8.1 operating systems. If this system driver is removed or disabled from the winnt\system32\drivers directory, the keyboards and mouse devices will stop responding.

Major issues encountered with the system driver file corruption:-

Some of us at one point of using computers have come across the error that on checking the action center or reliability history we see that there was an automatic installation of i8042prt.sys driver update for PS/2 compatible mouse, without our knowledge. But on checking the device manager for hidden devices, while the ps/2 compatible mouse drive shows up, there is also a yellow exclamation point right next to the device which clearly indicates a problem with the update.

It is possible that the downloaded file was infected by Trojandropper:win/sirefef,B and if we delete the infected file the keyboard and mouse stops working completely because i8042prt.sys is found to be missing as seen even when we are using Combofix.

But if we do not delete the infected file then while watching YouTube videos or listening to music in VLC player or Windows media player the computer will slow down for seconds, every few minutes and that affects the speed of the mouse as well. On running latency checker it will become clear that damaged i8042prt.sys files are causing latency issues. This might also be seen after the installation of KB2868038 updates for Windows. We need to repair the damaged files while there is still time before they lead to blue screen of death problems.

I8042prt.sys BSOD problems:-

How many times have we faced system crashes due to a corrupted i8042prt.sys file causing blue screen of death in the middle while running away from chasing dinosaurs in the Jurassic World game. The applications crash, following a system service exception BSOD with the bug check code - 0x3b.

Finding the right i8042prt.sys driver download:-

All the above mentioned problems boil down to one simple truth- a corrupted i8042prt-sys file that needs to be repaired, but locating and finding the right file to download can be troublesome because most of us don't know where to download a compatible version of the file from or if it is free of malware. Thus using i8042prt.sys download and repair software from http://www.vsksoft.com/products/ can, not only solve our problem of finding the right file to download but also stop us from making any registry errors by installing the file along with any other missing files like Hpboid.dll, httpapi.dll, hwpolicy.sys and ias.dll etc to their default location automatically.