[AccessD] Further to keyboard problem

[Charlotte Foust]

John,
Different brands of machines have different ways to break into the bios.
Check with the manufacturer to get the instructions that work for your
machine.

Charlotte Foust
(916) 206-4336

On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 6:59 PM, John Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:

> Windows 10.
>
> It is a laptop which does not enter anything into the password field.  I
> have a Logitech USB RF Keyboard / mouse pair which I have used with this
> thing for as long as I have owned it.  The mouse works, the keyboard does
> not enter anything into the password field.  I have a second Logitech RF
> keyboard / trackpad combo.  The trackpad works, the keyboard does not enter
> anything into the password field.  I cannot use the tab key to cause the
> cursor to move on to the power off icon.
>
> No matter which keyboard I try, it will not accept a keystroke to cause
> the pretty picture to go away and display the login screen. If I click on
> the screen with the mouse or the trackpad of the USB (RF) keyboards, I can
> get to the login screen but no key on the keyboards do anything.  Arrow
> keys do not move the insertion pointer, tab doesn't move the insertion
> pointer on to the power off icon (for example).
>
> The PC Power off key does turn the laptop off.  No other key on the entire
> keyboard does anything AFAICT.
>
> Apparently to break into the BIOS one holds down the F2 key and presses
> the power button, holding F2 until the bios screen appears. That does not
> work.
>
>
> On 3/5/2016 4:35 PM, James Button wrote:
>
>> If it was a desktop I'd ask PS2 or USB keyboard.
>>
>> But will the keyboard will let you get to the BIOS.
>> Or - will it let you get to a System reset process - not to run that,
>> just to
>> see if the keyboard is working
>>
>> Next test - if you boot from a restore CD - will that (Linux?) OS
>> recognise
>> keyboard input - assuming you have the system set to look to boot from CD
>> (or
>> USB) before trying the hard drive.
>>
>> And have you tried CTRL+ALT+DEL to see if that gets you to taskmanager and
>> logon/closedown options
>> And ... have you tried the icon at the bottom right corner to see if that
>> shows
>> anything different.
>>
>> You may need to do a recovery boot - to use safe mode and then after that,
>> closedown and  just redo a normal boot.
>>
>> JimB
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
>> John
>> Colby
>> Sent: Saturday, March 5, 2016 9:17 PM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Further to keyboard problem
>>
>> Yes there is a "power" key on the keyboard which turns the computer off.
>> It's as if the login screen itself just is not accepting keys.
>> On Mar 5, 2016 11:59 AM, "Dan Waters" <df.waters at outlook.com> wrote:
>>
>> The power key?
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
>>> John Colby
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2016 8:56 AM
>>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>>> Subject: [AccessD] Further to keyboard problem
>>>
>>> The power key on the keyboard shuts the computer down.
>>>
>>> WTFO?
>>>
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