> > > I have a keyboard like that. Those little buttons haven't worked since 2001.
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> > I have those too. Mine's a Logitech, and sometimes the computer starts without loading the control panel. Get the iTouch software from logitech.com and they should work again.
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> I don't know if that software would work for mine... mine's an HP keyboard; came with the computer and software for running it under ME.
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> I had to reinstall ME in 2001, and after that, the buttons started acting weird, and when I upgraded to XP in aught two, the buttons stopped functioning altogether, and haven't worked since. I don't miss them all that much.
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> Gri"I no longer have to worry about bumping that stupid Sleep button by accident"shny

Since this thread is no longer about cows or people, I have taken the liberty of shortening the subject line.

Mine is a Logitech, too. But I still haven't gotten up the courage to try one of those buttons. Maybe someday when Stupid Day is no longer fresh in my mind.
Howard