i was pretty sure that wouldnt work (else would've tried it earlier) however tried it anyway, and the other keyboard works! im v surprised.
now doing the windows xp repair. will get back. thanks so much for the help.
you mentioned other serial port? i thought theres only one for keyboard and one for mouse. maybe things are different in newer computers. mine is quite old.
OK so the steps in repairing windows is happening right now. ive exchanged keyboards and interestingly enough both are working. i suppose it just wasnt plugged in properly, however i did jiggle it a few times to make sure it was. for future i suppose the lesson is to take it out then put it back in.
i wanted to mention, i booted up in ubuntu earlier. from there i accessed its version of windows explorer, but i couldnt access my C or E drives at all. i forget the message but it seemed something had been corrupted. eek!
lets see how this installation works and then negotiate further problems.
now doing the windows xp repair. will get back. thanks so much for the help.
you mentioned other serial port? i thought theres only one for keyboard and one for mouse. maybe things are different in newer computers. mine is quite old.
OK so the steps in repairing windows is happening right now. ive exchanged keyboards and interestingly enough both are working. i suppose it just wasnt plugged in properly, however i did jiggle it a few times to make sure it was. for future i suppose the lesson is to take it out then put it back in.
i wanted to mention, i booted up in ubuntu earlier. from there i accessed its version of windows explorer, but i couldnt access my C or E drives at all. i forget the message but it seemed something had been corrupted. eek!
lets see how this installation works and then negotiate further problems.