Re: USB Keyboard will not allow me to invole F2 to enter set up

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The Silver Fox wrote:
Hello Greenie,

Thanks for the tip. Legacy support is not avail;bale in BIOS (and I just
downloaded eth latest BIOS which I had anyway). Maybe its time to replace
my 4 year old Dell ?

I suppose it would be cheeky to ask if you have any ideas on my other post -
blank screen until I press either ESC or the spacebar ?

Kevin

Can't help with the blank screen problem really, you could try a
"Repair Install" if you Dell CD isn't one of those that sets your
machine back to the factory defaults, either way back up your important
data first.

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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