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re: Can't Log On to Windows 2000
Monday, June 18, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by dhm
(966 messages posted)
I had something like that happen to me in the past year. Then one day I wiggled
the cable just the wrong way on my keyboard and it stopped functioning. It was a
thrift shop $6 keyboard which had served me well for years. It must have had an
intermittent break in the cable. That must be why someone gave it to the thrift shop.
So I bit the bullet and got a $10 keyboard at Big Lots.
WITH THE POWER OFF. Try unplugging and replugging the mouse and and keyboard.
Maybe it's a poor contact with some oxidation on it and the friction of reseating
it will get thru.
It could be the driver files and that would take the product disc in repair mode
to fix.
If they are both USB devices, it could be a more expensive hardware failure. If
the USB port is not part of the motherboard but is a separate card, you can try reseating
the card a couple times. WITH THE POWER OFF because you can produce an inductive
surge that will fry a component or 2. I emphasize "with the power off" not to insult
your intelligence but because I have fried a monitor once that way. I knew exactly
what inductive surges were but I had an absentminded moment. $75 worth of absentmindedness.
Good luck.
On Saturday, June 16, 2007 at 1:40 am, Clingon2 wrote:
>I'm unable to Log On to Windows 2000 Pro.
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>For some reason, I'm unable to type in the form boxes Username & password, & there's
>no pointer for the mouse.
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>"Clicking Enter does "nothing either" even though the curser is blinking in the
password
>box, & the primary user that is already typed in the box has no password?
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>I've tried resetting defaults.
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>Any suggestions appreciated.
>Thanks.
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