I have a 3 year old Dell Inspiron Windows Vista laptop. The keyboard was working perfectly fine Sunday night but then yesterday morning when I turned my computer on my keyboard wasn't working at all. My mouse is working fine however. I've been having to use the on-screen keyboard. I have no idea how to fix it. Anyone know how?
the on the spot mouse could have a sync button to sync it to the usb dongle. unplug the dongle and reattach, press the sync button and the mouse could reattach. otherwise flow into gadget supervisor by capacity of way of keyboard opt for My pc use the menu bar to opt for test for brand spanking new hardware optimistically one or the two mice would be got here across good luck
you have to contact Dell to have it replaced. Lol. Not the first time I hear about Dell laptops getting spoiled easily. But, since you have used your computer for 3 years now, I think it's time to change one. Usual lifetime of a laptop is 3years. My friends changes their computer about every 2-3years.
Well I know this irrelevant but clean the keyboard for dust/grime cluttering it. Consult Dell to assist you in diagnosing this problem because a driver may need to be reinstalled, however for self-troubleshooting I recommend you to discard the old driver and reinstall it. All the best :)
As far as keyboard not working problem, here is an answer to try: shut down the notebook;remove the battery for a couple of seconds and replace it. It works for me well. The keyboard locks up on mine when I turn the notebook on while in tablet mode. The cover is closed with the screen facing out. Concerning on the software, what can you do about it? Sometimes some software has replaced the default USB keyboard driver, or there are something with your windows usb device driver. In this case, try to delete all your usb keyboard from Device Manager (win+r, devmgmt.msc), and then plugin the keyboard in another usb hub, let devmgmt.msc scan for new installation. If it still does not work, you may need to repair your windows system files with a windows installation CD choose to repair install. After fingering out the preceding steps and the laptop keyboard still does not work or neither work correctly, try to contact Dell Technical Support or replace a new keyboard. Many laptop keyboard, when they get old, are experiencing the kind of problems mentioned. What you can do is buy the new keyboard and replace it with the existing one.
