To Eric: Thank you for your reply but my first message stated that I was
unable to run Sytem Restore; now my situation is this:

11.30 a.m. Unfortunately, the problem worsened, I can no longer run
Windows on the Dimension 4500. I have tried booting-up whilst pressing
the F8 button, the usual page opens offering various choices and I have tried
several of these but now the computer fails to download the Windows opening
screen and hangs without any trace on the screen. There is no residual
mouse pointer shown. I have tried to boot up in the Safe Mode with the
command option selected but the output display stops after six lines.



This problem seems even worse than the previous one. Please can anyone
help?



thyde9337

"Eric" wrote:

> Try using Sysrem Restore to restore a restore point that predates the removal
> of the driver.
>
> It will restore the loading of the driver for the mouse and it should work
> because XP doesn't delete drives, it just uninstalls them.
>
> Open System Restore by going Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System
> Tools -> System Restore.
>
> I hope that you don't have SR disabled.
>
> Eric - http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/
>
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> "thyde9337" wrote:
>
> > I have accidentally uninstalled the driver for the keyboard on my Dell
> > Dimension 4500. ""No problem" I thought, "I have the Resource Disk
> > containing the drivers." But I was wrong - the Resource Disk I recently
> > received from Dell does not contain any keyboard drivers. Can anyone
> > suggest another source for the driver?
> >
> >
> >
> > There are some important consequences, since I cannot use the keyboard I
> > cannot log on as the Administrator because I cannot type-in the password. I
> > can log-in using the Guest account and run a number of programs, if I only
> > use the mouse, because the Guest account does not need a password, but, as a
> > Guest, I cannot use System Restore or change items using the Control Panel.
> > I am typing this request on my Inspiron.
> >
> >
> >
> > thyde9337
> >
> >
> >
> > Dimension 4500, 2.53GHz processor, 512Mb DIMM, Windows XP, 20Gb hard disk,
> > 80Gb hard disk, Roxio CD R/RW, Blueyonder Broadband & LAN, Dell Photo
> > All-in-One printer.
> >
> > Dimension 4100, 1GHz processor, 256Mb SDRAM, Windows ME, 20Gb hard disk,
> > Adaptec CD R/DW, HP Deskjet 840C, Scanjet 3300c, Blueyonder Broadband & LAN
> >
> > Inspiron 8600, 1.4 Ghz processor, 512Mb SDRAM, Windows XP Home, 40Gb hard
> > disk, Philips CDRW/DVD disk drive, Blueyonder Broadband & LAN
> >
> > Netgear RP614 v2 router.
> >
> >
> >
> > 11.30 a.m. Unfortunately, the problem has now worsened, I can no longer
> > run Windows on the Dimension 4500. I have tried booting-up whilst
> > pressing the F8 button, the usual page opens offering various choices and I
> > have tried several of these but now the computer fails to download the
> > Windows opening screen and hangs without any trace on the screen. There is
> > no residual mouse pointer shown.
> >
> >
> >
> > This problem seems even worse than the previous one. Please can anyone
> > help?
> >
> >
> >
> > thyde9337