Satellite M100 - TFncKy crashing as soon as Windows logs on

Question

Been having this problem with only one of the user accounts on my M100, the other account doesn't have the problem.
As soon as I am logged in to Windows a message pops-up that TFncKy has unexpectedly quit (send error report, don't send error report, etc) and every time one of the directional buttons or multimedia buttons is pressed the same unexpectedly quit message comes up, so it is pretty frequent/frustrating, and also makes all these keys effectively uselss.
I've also tried opening the file at C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\TOSHIBA Controls\TFncKy.exe directly, but it crashes as soon as its' opened.
The computer is virtually brand new with minimal additional programs installed that it could clash with.
Has anyone come accross this problem before? Any ideas would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

I have the same problem with my sattelite A110-178
2 out of 3 when i log on to windows the TFncKy.exe crashes.
Also experience bad lan drivers, the notebook freezes when i try to acces the network shares.
whemn i work wireless the problem doesnt appear.
already upgraded bios and installed the drivers again but no go.
after crash a reboor works miracles and no problem for the rest of the day.
Also exprerience trouble with the soundcard and the virtual sound.
It worked proparly but now the sound is 4 notches down, cant get it back on the same volume level.
downloaded drivers from realtek helped 30 minutes then same problem appeared
already re installed chipset driver, no go
installed windows XP proffesional and not the default home version
dont know if problem appears there, didnt try it.