Re: Win2k Does Not Recognize Keyboard or Mouse on Upgraded Computer

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Gregory A Greenman wrote:
My wife's computer was old and slow and some of the components (the floppy drive, the integrated network card) were no longer working, so we went out to buy her a new computer.

We got a Shuttle bare bones system. I installed a new CPU and memory in it and I moved her existing hard drive, with Win2k, from her old computer. I also moved her existing keyboard and mouse to the new computer.

When the computer starts, I can access the bios and do what I want. It responds to the keyboard just fine. When Win2k starts, I can hit F8 to go into safe mode. However, whether I'm in safe mode or not, when Win2k gets to the login screen, it ignores all input from the keyboard and mouse.

I tried starting up again with a different keyboard and mouse and it made no difference.

The keyboard and mouse both worked on the old computer. On both the old computer and new, they are connected via the PS2 ports.

If anyone has any suggestions as to how to get this computer working, I'd greatly appreciate it.




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