Login Screen won't let you type....

[zlloyd1]

I have an old Dell Dimension desktop that has a problem I cannot understand, please advise....
When I boot up it goes to the Login page, asking for me to select a user account and enter a password. You select the account with mouse, so far so good, but then it opens a field to enter password, which will not let you type anything at all. It is like you don't even have a keyboard plugged in.
Can someone please explain this to me, and clarify if there is a way to skip this part of the boot, and just go straight to Windows??
I do not want to have to crack the tower open to reset the BIOS if I can avoid it, and thanks in advance!!

 

[ss202sl]

is the keyboard actually working? C
There is a way to auto-logon, but you have to be logged on in order to set it up

 

[zlloyd1]

is the keyboard actually working? C
There is a way to auto-logon, but you have to be logged on in order to set it up

Yes, it was a problem with the keyboard, because when I switched to a different one, it worked right. However, it then seems to have caused the user account to become corrupt after shutting the computer down, and now I am trying to reset the machine t5o remove the need for a login password, but this is proving tedious as nothing seems to work.
I have opened it up, and removed the CMOS battery, and then replaced it, but that seems to have done nothing. So, now I am trying to figure a way to hack into the user account that is showing up at boot up now, but it is NOT easy to do!!

 

[ss202sl]

Unfortunately rules prevent us from being able to help "hack" into the user account.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/277636-28-read-first.
Is this the only account on the machine? Normally you want to have an admin account that is there,but not used regularly. So in the event a user profile gets corrupt, you could still access the computer, and recreate the account - or create a new one.

 

[zlloyd1]

Thanks all, but I got it taken care of by booting into Safe Mode, and changing the password!!