Yesterday, my old keyboard totally gave up the ghost (no power) so I installed a new one & today, the optical mouse pointer froze solid in the middle of the screen. I did a reboot and it worked long enough to at least get the computer booted, but then froze again and this time, nothing I've tried has helped.
The mouse works fine when I plug it into my laptop so I know there are a number of things that could be wrong with the desktop itself since the mouse must be okay, but I don't know how to get into the computer without a mouse. I have a *lock* on the desktop.
Now we are coming down to tax time and my last three years of returns are on the PC and I need it soon for the carryovers.
I have a love/hate relationship with these machines. Until I hear from someone, I will continue trying whatever I can think of.
tia