Try another keyboard? Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ > -----Original Message----- > From: Personal Computer Hardware discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joyce J > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 10:06 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [PCBUILD] Dell not recognizing keyboard > > The old computer's hard drive at our local Humane Society failed, so we > opted for a rebuilt from our local computer shop in order to save > money. The replacement is a Dell, running Windows Vista. It would not > respond to the keyboard that came with it; we had to haul it on back to > the shop. There, we tried a different keyboard and it works. > > Yesterday, we moved some stuff around, and again all of a sudden the > computer is not recognizing the keyboard. All the USB ports are active; > we determined this by plugging the mouse into each one. It responds > nicely; we just can't type anything in. > > Tax time is on us, and we need to use this computer! So how do we fix > this? Thanks in advance. > > Joyce PCSOFT's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Mark Rode<[log in to unmask]>