Thank you to everybody for interest and replies. In the end I took the drastic step of reinstalling via recovery disc and everything behaves as it...
Label on Keyboard quotes model as C112 but, yes it was bought as keyboard & mouse set. Keyboard is shown Device Manager. System details probably...
The FORMAT was showing English (United Kingdom) so tried changing to English USA but still nothing available to select under CHANGE KEYBOARD and...
If you mean keyboard make it is an Advent C112.
I have a Windows 7 Home Premium computer and have had to buy a new keyboard for it which works fine except for not producing the expected...
Yes, that was the only way I could find to overcome it, I imagine the Boot File must have become corrupted. Many thanks.
Many Thanks for suggestion SpywareDr. Unfortunately I don't have a restore point before the problem arose.
I must have inadvertently changed a setting recently because my Vista PC has suddenly decided it will always show the System Properties dialogue...
The post from Matt got me seriously thinking about the second (back-up) drive so did a bit of investigating along the lines suggested. The first...
Hi Neil No, haven't tried another keyboard but will do when I get round to clambering up into loft to get it - good thinking. Will...
My desktop has suddenly decided it will always display the 'System Properties' dialogue box whenever it starts up, with the cursor in the...
Final report back I hope. It seems as though my suspicions about graphics card (PCI add-on card) were justified because I have now got round to...
Thanks again Matt. No, the moniter was not part of the original 'bundle', I have quite a mis-match of bits hooked up but a good thought...
Thanks for your interest Matt. I'm fairly sure the connection is okay but will double check as soon as possible and report back if any change....
Thanks for replies everyone. No, the monitor was always, and still is connected it's own supply ie, not the tower power supply. The monitor...
I have just acquired a replacement desktop (second hand) which is running Vista Home Premium. This is to replace my old PC which finally expired...
Got it Pete, many thanks. 'TreeSize' was able to show me that majority of the unknown usage is System Restore. My curiosity is satisfied.
This question is more out of curiosity than anything else, I don't have a specific problem (fingers crossed) as such with my desktop but could...
I have managed to get the OFSWAT application installed at last and it did in fact find a couple of bits of Malwarebites hanging about. Got rid of...
Many Thanks for interest MR Bill. I have actually tried two or three different Clean-Up tools to no avail but I must admit, not CCleaner,
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