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My Windows fails to start, then tries to, then after about 15mins fails. It

advises me to restart in safe mode but when i restart my keyboard does not

work so i cant move the cursor to the "safe mode" prompt. Any ideas anyone??

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    Is it a USB keyboard? If so, try connecting a PS/2 keyboard instead. Some

    older PCs can't properly use USB keyboards outside of Windows.

     

    "Andy33" <Andy33@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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    My Windows fails to start, then tries to, then after about 15mins fails. It

    advises me to restart in safe mode but when i restart my keyboard does not

    work so i cant move the cursor to the "safe mode" prompt. Any ideas anyone??

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    the original keyboard is a logitech optical one, i thought this might be a

    problem but i have tried with a standard PS/2 wired keyboard and still no luck

     

    "Martin X." wrote:

    > Is it a USB keyboard? If so, try connecting a PS/2 keyboard instead. Some

    > older PCs can't properly use USB keyboards outside of Windows.

    >

    > "Andy33" <Andy33@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

    > news:DB5158D9-DD9E-4961-8AFE-27A6A2CAF6CB@microsoft.com...

    > My Windows fails to start, then tries to, then after about 15mins fails. It

    > advises me to restart in safe mode but when i restart my keyboard does not

    > work so i cant move the cursor to the "safe mode" prompt. Any ideas anyone??

    >

    >

    >

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    A PS/2 keyboard will work, but you need to ensure that it is plugged in when

    you turn it on. The PS/2 ports initialize on boot, and may not function if

    there isn't something connected when it's turned on.

     

    Joe

     

    "Andy33" <Andy33@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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    > the original keyboard is a logitech optical one, i thought this might be a

    > problem but i have tried with a standard PS/2 wired keyboard and still no

    > luck

    >

    > "Martin X." wrote:

    >

    >> Is it a USB keyboard? If so, try connecting a PS/2 keyboard instead. Some

    >> older PCs can't properly use USB keyboards outside of Windows.

    >>

    >> "Andy33" <Andy33@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

    >> news:DB5158D9-DD9E-4961-8AFE-27A6A2CAF6CB@microsoft.com...

    >> My Windows fails to start, then tries to, then after about 15mins fails.

    >> It

    >> advises me to restart in safe mode but when i restart my keyboard does

    >> not

    >> work so i cant move the cursor to the "safe mode" prompt. Any ideas

    >> anyone??

    >>

    >>

    >>

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