[AccessD] Further to keyboard problem

[John Colby]

I ended up restoring back to the 1st and my keyboard is back.

Whew!!!

This was a toughie!  There is a virtual (on sreen) keyboard under the 
login screen for "ease of access".  I could then use the mouse to click 
the buttons to log in.  Once logged in I could use the mouse to open the 
control panel and from there do a restore, all using only the mouse.

The (2nd) restore worked and allowed me to use the keyboard.

The stated purpose of the restore point was installation of a driver for 
Comodore Unite.  Not sure that install hosed things.  I won't be 
installing it again however.

So my laptop is working again.  That is all that really matters.

On 3/5/2016 11:46 PM, Charlotte Foust wrote:
> 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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