Try another keyboard?

Vincent Winterling
Vineland, NJ


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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joyce J
> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 10:06 AM
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> Subject: [PCBUILD] Dell not recognizing keyboard
>
> The old computer's hard drive at our local Humane Society failed, so we
> opted for a rebuilt from our local computer shop in order to save
> money.  The replacement is a Dell, running Windows Vista.  It would not
> respond to the keyboard that came with it; we had to haul it on back to
> the shop.  There, we tried a different keyboard and it works.
>
> Yesterday, we moved some stuff around, and again all of a sudden the
> computer is not recognizing the keyboard.  All the USB ports are active;
> we determined this by plugging the mouse into each one.  It responds
> nicely; we just can't type anything in.
>
> Tax time is on us, and we need to use this computer!  So how do we fix
> this?  Thanks in advance.
>
> Joyce

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