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Found a couple of old PS/s (the new on is USB) with two old pre-XP
systems (can't recall Win O/S name). My Emachine hsa PS/2 socket. I'll
shut off and try one aftr I go off line this morning. Hope it works.
This one is a royal pain to use. Have to press some keys VERY hard!

I was going to say if they don't have Windows keys, remember Ctrl-Esc
does the same as pressing the Windows key (though I'm not sure about
combinations like Win+E), but ...



Nope. Didn't work. System said no keyboard found when booting and mouse
pointer was frozen when system started. sigh I was hoping...

.... that doesn't sound too promising.


When you say mouse pointer is frozen, do you mean the arrow appears, but
doesn't move? Had this with my blind friend's machine (with a touch
pad), under Windows 10. He (we) could get it back for one boot, but it
would then disappear again (still showing the pointer, but immovable) on
next reboot. We did solve it eventually - I forget how, I think it was
by downloading the default Synaptics touchpad driver, or the one from
the laptop manufacturer (which I think was/is the own-brand make of DSG
[Dixons Store Group - Dixons, PC World, etc.] - I forget the "make", but
I think it begins with A). [If you're wondering: no, my blind friend
doesn't use the mouse/touchpad, but I do when I'm trying to sort things
out for him - and he was surprisingly keen that it should work anyway!]

We didn't have any problem with the keyboard, though. But there may well
be some interaction between the two.
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