dell keyboard light off, thus system off
Uwmstud2005, Have you by any chance, changed the USB ports that the keyboard were connected to originally? I had a problem yesterday, because I changed the ports that my mouse was attached to.
I had to place the mouse back in its original USB port, reboot PC. Then go into the Device Manager, and remove the USB Root hub, for that mouse. Need to check the hub's properties to find out which one to remove. Shutdown PC, remove mouse, reconnect to another port, restart XP. The hub will be recreated.
I have XP HOME and a Dim 2400 system. Ok --- a very basic question, I know. I do a lot of internet, but mostly email, newsgroups, and (trusted) financial...
If you want to disconnect an USB printer, and some other USB devices in XP, you need to first use the "Remove Hardware" feature in the taskbar, when the device is on. Then turn off PC, remove connection. The problem is that some devices do not trigger this feature in XP, so you need to do it manually.
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Have a good day, Rich-rerat
Have you tried to boot into another OS and do you get the same response? Your problem could conceivably be an OS configuration problem, although hardware trouble is also possible. See if you can reinstall your OS from cd.
It's greatly dependent on what you buy, and what era it came from. Example: From what I've read on this group...
Paul Riemerman