Keyboard - replace?

XP Pro.

Cold-started computer, Opened Outlook Express and ETS. Startup in
WinPatrol PLUS looked fine. I could travel the internet and Outlook
Express with no problem, but I could not type in ETS or OE.

Restarted computer; all seems okay. I hate not having a second (rescue)
computer to rely on.



Questions:

- Should I at least keep a spare keyboard and mouse on hand?

- Other than restart, is there any other way to try to activate the
keyboard? (There's a really old post on ETS which suggests pressing
the space bar - which I don't think I did).

- What does the lit-up "1" key on the keyboard mean? (It has been
lit-up for months).
Thanks for any advice - except to abandon XP ..

I have had that happen to me. In my case the problem was with the cord. A reboot always brought it back so I never looked at the cord as being the problem. One day it stopped working altogether and since my inquiring mind wanted to know after surgery on it I found a short in the cord.

The 1 being lit is usually for numbers lock.

AWS said:

I have had that happen to me. In my case the problem was with the cord. A reboot always brought it back so I never looked at the cord as being the problem. One day it stopped working altogether and since my inquiring mind wanted to know after surgery on it I found a short in the cord.

The 1 being lit is usually for numbers lock.

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Thanks for your input, AWS ..

I'll check the cord if it happens again.