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  1. Notmyrealname

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    The end of the saga:

    Using Mr Ryes excellent suggestion of using a mouse. I got into my laptop - found about 150 items had been deleted (only real problem was the loss of WORD and substitution with Wordpad).

    Re-installed the important things and later found my trackpad started working perfectly again! I did nothing to achieve that result, it just happened. Anyway, that's life!

    Now I have two laptops! Isn't life marvellous.

    SO THANKS AGAIN EVERYBODY.
     
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  2. Rye83

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    It sounds like your computer has reached the end of its life. It would be a really good idea to back everything up (and keep it backed up) in preparation for its pending death.
     
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    Have you tried plugging in a mouse?
     
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    THANKS to everyone who offered help.

    Taking bits of what everyone said (literally, not just being kind), I tried using the method of getting to the sign-in screen, holding SHIFT and then clicking on the POWER button. But again, my cursor had no effect when clicking the POWER button.

    So then I interrupted the boot process - the link I followed from @SkipJack suggested switching off 3 times during booting, I only needed to do it twice and then got the "screen that tells you that the operating system is "Preparing Automatic Repair.")", followed by the a screen where I chose "Advanced Options' and then on the next screen, "Reset" (Option 3, Part 2 of the advice from @danbandanna and from @cabb). I was informed I would lose everything except my personal files (as advised by @Happy Camper and @Always a Poppy) but decided saving my personal files was my priority.

    I am currently in the process of reinstalling Windows' and keeping my fingers crossed. So far so good.

    If all fails I then post it to @Crystalhead and get it back the next day in pristine condition and fully loaded with Windows 11.

    What a marvellous Forum this is - what great people you all are to help.
     
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  5. Rye83

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    You aren't good looking enough to worry about this. Nobody wants to see that.

    I use LastPass as well. Much more secure than saving your passwords and pin numbers on your desktop/local file/hard drive. That's an absolutely horrible idea.

    Nobody is hack-proof but most government "hacks" are due to some knob forgetting their secret laptop/hard drive at the airport/in their luggage or personally uploading information from secret servers/networks to a USB and uploading it to the internet or sending it directly to a foreign nation. Again, you aren't attractive or important enough to hackers. Stick to pornhub, stop pirating movies and avoid any website that doesn't have https and you will most likely be just fine.
     
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    As for codes to passwords, something a lot safer than non-encrypted emails to yourself would be something like "Lastpass" (there's several similar services around, I just happen to like this one. https://www.lastpass.com
    It takes a little effort to make a start (like figuring out how to install an extension in your browser of choice) but after that I promise you'll never look back. Only one password to remember (that's why it's called Lastpass), and no need to store passwords in your browser anymore (which isn't particularly safe).
    In my experience you don't really need their "premium" service, a free account will do the trick.
     
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    There are many services that will automatically backup your documents/folders to a cloud service. These days most major hardware and software companies will offer something like this. I use Google Drive for this.
     
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    In my Windows 10 it's in Settings--Update & Security--Reset this PC. Might be different versions.
     
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    Always a Poppy, Sep 19, 2020
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