When my computer does not recognize my mouse..I unplug it, wait a while and plug it again and it works...Try every port, unplug and plug again and see if that works... Good luck!


On 02/19/16, Vincent Winterling wrote:

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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