On 30 Mar 2006 at 9:26, tannis zamora wrote:

> I know this is overlooking the obvious and I apologize if the suggestion 
> is just TOO simple.  But is the NUM LOCK key turned on? 
> 
> Keyboards on IBM compatible computers will NOT work otherwise.
> 
> tannis zamora

  One of the first things I do with a new machine is turn OFF that dratted 
NumLock key, and change the CMOS config so that it boots up turned off.  
I've been doing that for 25 years now, and have never seen it cause a 
problem.

David Gillett

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