I have a Dell Inspiron 530, Intel Pentium 2GHz Dual Core processor, 2GB SDRAM, 250 GB SATA II Hard Drive, 7200 rpm. Running WinXP Home, using Firefox.
Before going on, I run Avast Pro antivirus and three antispyware programs daily, nothing wrong.
OK, I started with the Dell USB keyboard and it worked fine. I changed to a different USB one many months ago, also no problem.
Lately, I have a totally weird problem After booting, most days several keys do not work. Which keys that don’t work varies from day to day. If I reboot, it usually corrects the problem, but not always. Sometimes have to reboot 2-3 times before it is OK with all the keys working. I havealso tried different USB ports, no joy.
I have tried three other keyboards, but have exactly the same problem. In 20 years of using computers, never ran across this before. Searched the Dell database, but no help. Closest thing they had was keyboards that did not work at all.
A big virtual apple pie to anybody who can come up with a way to fix this annoying probem.