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Dell Laptop Keyboard not working

DonInKansas

DonInKansas

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Sooo.....I had to run a virus sweep on a buddie's laptop. Killed something called "Personal Antivirus." Cool, right?

Well, his keyboard won't work after logging into Vista Home Premium. It works at boot, lwets you type in the password, but after logging into no love from the KB.

It's a Dell Studio 1735 if that helps. Any ideas?
 
maybe a simple format would solve it??
 
So does the keyboard show up in Device Manager?
 
Yes, it does show up in DM.

I think I figured it out. I had a generic mouse plugged into a USB port because I LOATHE those touchpad things. I unplugged the mouse, and the kb worked fine.

Grouchy little thing...:laugh:
 
Wow, touchy dell's. Just format it with Win7 and tell him it's the latest upgrade! :laugh:
 
LOL--I would, but the laptop's only 6 months old. He'd probably get grouchy in 6 months when he had to buy a new OS or reformat back to VHP.:laugh:

Now the stupid touchpad won't pop back on after reboot. *grumble*
 
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