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This thread may be useful for the rare case that some dinosaur is still using a PS2 KBD with a USB adapter on a hub. This is the last dinosaur signing off.

It is powered with its own wallwort. Also, the USB KBD worked fine in the hub.

Well, I think I fixed it. Normally this is where a guy might start listing all the things he tried but I have sympathy for everybody so I will skip all that, It won't help anyway. ;-) It seems the PS2 keyboard with USB adapter didn't like being plugged in a USB hub. It needs to be plugged...

I guess I have to. I don't remember making any changes when I replaced this KBD with the new USB one so I thought I could just swap back. I guess not.

I'm running Windows 8.1 My keyboard failed so I went back to the one I was using 8 months ago. Now there is a very long delay. Like many minutes, before the very first boot screen shows up. This keyboard is the old kind with an adapter to plug into USB. I know I'm a dinosaur but I'm getting...

Well, I no longer have this problem but I did so many things There is no way to know what did it. Here is a link to what I went through. http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2527370/update-user-blank-screen-cursor-user-fine.html#xtor=EPR-8809

Well, it looks like it was a virus or virus like program. I ran Malwarebytes and it found about 37 items to quarantine. When it finished everything was running fine.....Well except for getting back to the setup I had before. So, I am pondering how could a virus get on this tablet. I haven't...

I have shut it down many many times. Windows 8.1 has been feeding me updates everyday and I install them hoping the update might fix the problem. Most of thm reqire a reboot. Right now I have 4 users. One is just a Guest with no privilages. Two are Admin and one is the "Super Admin". Only...

Well, the key is in the bios. I found a program that claims to have pulled it out. It lists the same key for 8.0 and 8.1 so I tried a direct download of both. Both rejected but not as "invalid" just something like "wrong type". So a list of things I am looking forward to when I receive the...

Well, that was a waste. Win 8.1 overwrote the recovery so I can't go back. Samsung is sending me a Windows 8.0 recovery CD. Snail mail. They can't send a 8.1. So when I get it I have to run the CD. Install a few hundred updates to 8.0 Download 8.1. Hope it doesn't end up with the same...

Tom, Thanks. But I am the only user. This is my tablet that I use for leisure. A little surfing, taking notes at meetings, reviewing spreadsheets and documents when I don't feel like sitting at the desktop. So I can do anything I feel might help and not worry about how many admins there...

Well, I found that the new administrator account isn't a full power administrator. The true administrator is hidden and must be activated. To do that I have to run cmd.exe in administrative mode. To do that, press the WIN+X keys. In the list at the lower left find "Command Prompt (Admin)"...

I kept thinking that when I wanted to go to the admin account it was almost getting past the black screen. I just needed to find the last thing that would get it past the problem. I must have tried 20 or 30 different things I found surfing. Nothing worked. So I decided I should start another...

I believe I just confirmed that if I let the 'puter go to sleep it will "wake up" and all users have a screen. If I hibernate and restart it also works for both users. So why does it hang up after a shutdown and how can I get it beyond that?

Well, one new piece of information. I just left it sit blank while I did other things. I believe it "went to sleep". When I brought it back the "wakeup" screen appeared. I swiped from the bottom and both users are working fine. No blank screen. Powered down. Powered up. Got the wakeup...