how ironic the keyboard would die on All Hallows Eve, the night before primitive harvest festivals, All Saints Day, El Dia de los Muertos, or Samhain...take your pick of ancient beliefs...they give people comfort, and mark the progress of seasons...perhaps spirits of the dead are afoot this day...as for the technical failure, eventually, after a lengthy and fruitless phone conversation with HP, new devices, keyboard and mouse were purchased, and now grace the desktop