Start up problem

[jambo64]

Hi,
I recently bought a new pc and decided to set up the old pc in my spare room. I connected everything up and switched on. Everything seemed fine until I tried to click on my user name. The mouse will not move also the keyboard light is not on. The pc in question is a Dell Dimention 5150 and the mouse and kb are usb.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

[Mr-Tom]

Sounds stupid but have you plugged both the mouse and keyboard into the same USB ports they were in originally?

If you have plugged them into different USB ports than when it last worked then there is a chance they wont be recognised.

I'm not 100% on this but I have seen this happen before.....especially with Dell.

Every time you connect a device to a USB port it has to be installed....this is still true if you change which port it is connected to......if neither of them have previously been installed on the ports you have them plugged in to then this could be the case.

If you log-in via the keyboard you may then find the 'Found New Hardware' balloon pop-up as it finds the devices.......the num lock light should come on on your keyboard and your mouse should work soon after.

If you can't log-in via the keyboard try swapping the ports the devices are plugged into....and if you can remember where they plugged in before then even better.

Hopefully its as simple as that to fix.

Regards.

[jambo64]

Thank you so much. I switched the mouse & kb into different ports and it is now working fine.