Unable to use the keyboard in XP keys work OK when boot into dos

Unable to use the keyboard in XP. It was working for over a year OK  with XP running
keys work OK when I install win98 or use a dos boot disk.
If I try to reinstall XP I can not use any of keys to input anything.
Return
Esc
CapsLock
ctrl-alt-del.
NO KEYS WORK AT ALL OTHER THAN 
ë à
I did an upgrade from win98 but that did not work.
Any ideas

billwyatt, welcome to the forum,
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