Re: Windows 2000 Professional startup problem

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Does the laptop have usb ports? If so, you might try a usb keyboard. I don't
know how much work you want to put into this but if the machine is
networked, you could use a third party utility to blank the Administrator
password, then connect to the registry over a network and enable auto logon,
then use the touchpad/mouse and the on-screen keyboard to reinstall your
software. Post back if you need details.
Louis


"Ana Marques" <Ana Marques@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:DA39DCEB-EF04-44C7-BF15-C58216162581@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have an old Toshiba laptop with Windows 2000 Professional (SP4, I
belive).
> Early this morning I went into add/remove programs and remove an unused
> "Logitech Mouseware", and the system prompted for: "do you want to reboot
> now?" - I said yes, and since then I'm unable to startup the machine.
>
> It gets to the screen "press control+alt+del to begin", but when I press
the
> keys nothing moves ..... AT ALL - it seems that the machine doesn´t "see"
the
> keyboard. I've tried to reboot in safe mode, but I get stucked in the same
> "press control+alt+del to begin" screen again and again.
>
> Has anyone seen this before ? Any ideas on how to move forward from this
> point ?
>
> Any help would be appreciated. I'm about to jump out of the window !!!!
>
> Thanks
> Ana Marques


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