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So my partner is someone who leaves 100+ Firefox windows open, 5 programs up, and never ever shuts down his laptop. After a year or more of this his laptop would take 30 minutes or more to try to boot up, or wouldn't at all so I suggested that he reinstall Windows 11. After that it seemed like the problem was fixed and it would start up just fine, but after a week or so of use, his keyboard and touch pad stopped working completely. He told me that he tried a bunch of fixes, including installing new drivers, and nothing has worked. No idea if these two things are related but I assume so.

I wasn't around to see exactly what he did, so I was wondering if any of you fine people might be able to help troubleshoot. Really hoping his lappy isn't a lost cause

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[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 1 points 5 months ago

Oh yeah I don't even have an external keyboard, this is a laptop only household lol. And you're right I'm not particularly interested in learning it as a skill; I'm not a tech person. However I do have ADHD and like to go down informarion rabbit holes and would want to do it as a one off project just because it would be fun and so thats why I would consider it

I don't even really like the laptop so much anyway, I can't install Linux on it and I've been looking at trying to snag a thinkpad (as suggested on hexbear). Just hate the idea of that laptop just sitting there though