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Main Forums => Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap => Topic started by: Wunderkind on January 16, 2009, 06:32:35 PM
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Well, my laptop keyboard and about one fluid ounce of soy-sauce got into a fight last night and the soy-sauce won.
I've disassembled the laptop and cleaned out all the parts and let it dry and reassembled said laptop, but my keyboard is dead. The machine itself still boots and isn't making any strange noises or smells, and half the keys on the keyboard are recognized, like the number keys and the Tab key etc. However the lower half of the keyboard isn't being recognized, like the Ctrl, Alt, Windows, and "z"-"m" keys, all the neat little keys that let you get past the Ctrl-Alt-Delete login and enter your administrator password (mine involves letters from the lower half of the keyboard). As a result I cannot login to find out how badly screwed my laptop is.
I'm going to try investing in a wireless keyboard and see if I can't login that way (probably should have one anyways as a back up for when the desktop keyboard dies). I was wondering if you guys had any suggestions.
I'm not looking for anything high end, just something that works when you plug it in to a USB outlet and can get me past the admin login screen.
I will be looking for a new laptop, but I don't have the money for a brand new machine right now, so before anyone mentions that... I'm going there, don't worry. There are, however, files on this machine I need to get off it before I can dump it and get a new one (save the pr0n!).
If anyone knows any tricks on how to hack myself and get past the stupid admin login...
Keep it to yourself, knowing me, I'd phail and do something irrepariable to my computer.
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A USB keyboard might be cheaper and easier to set up.
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I'm not looking for anything high end, just something that works when you plug it in to a USB outlet and can get me past the admin login screen.
Oh, sorry, I glommed onto the word "wireless" and missed this bit.
Carry on.
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If anyone knows any tricks on how to hack myself and get past the stupid admin login...
If only there were some kind of network for hackers....
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And that's all I have to say about that.
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That's all well and good, but don't you need the ALT key to do that?
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I was wondering if you guys had any suggestions.
I'm not looking for anything high end, just something that works when you plug it in to a USB outlet and can get me past the admin login screen.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010290063%201084307071&bop=And&Order=PRICE (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010290063%201084307071&bop=And&Order=PRICE)
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If only there were some kind of network for hackers....
If only indeed...
::Sad Face::
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I pickedup a little Logitech keyboard and so far as I can tell my laptop seems to have survived the fight with the soy-sauce.
Except now everytime I turn it on, I'm going to crave Asian food.
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...and every time you turn it off, you'll want to Google again in just a couple hours.
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A moment of silence for all the sites that used to be but are no more.
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If the laptop is a brand (dell,hp) it must be fairly easy to buy a new keyboard, overhere they are generally around 40 euros so for 50$ you're done.