Pls help me.. unable to get past mac login sreen!!
Hello people, This is my first post and after much searching i am praying someone can help..!
I have a mac g5 dual, and i am having a really annoying problem, my mac keyboard is not working, sometimes some of the keys work but others dont, or none of the keys work, or when i press a button it types a different letter or types 2 or 3 at once!!
Therefore i can not get past the login screen as the keys needed for thre password do not work!! not even when i try to log into admin!!
I have purchased a new keyboard today, (wireless apple) but i can not get that to work as i need to pair it to the mac before it will work but i cant pair without getting past the login screen!!!
typical that this should happen on my only couple of days off too!!
pls HELP ME
thanks in advance..
Yeah, I tried every port available.
Is there anyway at all i can get into the system settings with a shortcut on startup?
Then again Im still not sure that the keys will work to use a shortcut.
Its odd because i managed (just) to login earlier in the day, but the keyboard just seemed to get steadily worse until none of the keys worked!!
Cheers Dale
any other ideas??
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