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blong131
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i have this windows xp computer, which i brought up to school just to run one program. i get up here and it doesnt recognize the keyboard and mouse, says i need to install them, but i cant do that cuz i cant use the keyboard and mouse. wtf do i do? this computer is completely ineffective without a keyboard and mouse.
Feb 15 2010 11:13PM
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SteezyOhio
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullibility

who do you take us as?
Feb 15 2010 11:15PM
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antwone
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try another usb plug or another keyboard
Feb 15 2010 11:22PM
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Click_Here
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facepalm
Feb 15 2010 11:23PM
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blong131
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wut
Feb 15 2010 11:35PM
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blong131
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also this works not
Feb 15 2010 11:35PM
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AdolfShitler
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become asian
Feb 15 2010 11:39PM
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SteezyOhio
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it was a simple joke about how you could not access this website had your keyboard and mouse been not working, yet it was too complicated for you. try pm'ing asian_allen.
Feb 15 2010 11:40PM
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blong131
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yeah, i got a few computers up in this bitch, and a really simple mind.
Feb 15 2010 11:49PM
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user098123
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Find the drivers online, download them on to a USB drive.

Download Linux (Ubuntu or Kubuntu, the latter being my preference).

Put in the disk, boot from the disk.  Open the application "Dolphin" in Kubuntu.  Find your C:\ drive, it should be listed on the left.  Navigate to your drivers folder, should be in C:\Windows\System32\Drivers.

Copy the drivers from your USB drive in to the Drivers folder opened on your C drive.  Shut down the computer, remove Linux disk.

Reboot in to XP.  If you found the right drivers, then your keyboard and mouse should be working. 

Granted, XP should have the drivers built in.  Are you using a USB Keyboard and Mouse? That might be why they aren't recognized.  Try finding a regular Keyboard and Mouse and see if those work.  Remember, they have to be plugged in to make sure they work when you boot in to Windows.
Feb 16 2010 12:35AM
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blong131
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this sounds scary
Feb 16 2010 9:44AM
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PaleCelery
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lol doesnt seeem to hard... maybe for a mac user who only knows how to click one button.

are you using a ps2 keyboard/mouse or USB ones?
Feb 16 2010 9:56AM
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blong131
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well youve effectively just described me

im spoiled with plug and play, i dont understand all this drivers shit. how can something not work with a keyboard and mouse?!?! its so frustrating

but yeah its a USB wireless, im gonna see if theres anywere around the school that has a regular mouse i can borrow to see if that works. thats what was working at home, but i decided not to bring that keyoard and mouse back to school cuz i was like "oh, i have that wireless one up at school already"
Feb 16 2010 10:40AM
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PaleCelery
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well theres your problem.... get an old ps/2 mouse... WIRED.

wireless is more of a pain than its worth. What service pack of XP are you running?
Feb 16 2010 11:23AM
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Pocoyo
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Does you keyboard look like this?

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Does your mouse look like that?

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If the answer is yes then you keyboard and mousedon't work because your keyboard is broken and your mouse is a mouse.

Feb 16 2010 12:06PM
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blong131
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ohhhh, shit, thats what i was doing wrong.
Feb 16 2010 12:52PM
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Pocoyo
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It's an easy mistake to make, I 've done it a couple of times myself.
Feb 16 2010 12:54PM
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blong131
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YESSSSSSSS PS/2 mouse plus onscreen keyboard = win.
Feb 16 2010 12:58PM
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