Mouse and keboard freezing

A mate of mine has just given me a Packard Bell Argo C2 using vista home premium to play around with.

Unfort when it boots up and gets to password there is no use of the mouse or keyboard at all. Ive tried rebooting and starting in safe mode (where it works fine) till it gets back to the password screen again where it freezes up again. Ive tried using a external mouse but that doesnt work either!

Any ideas please????

Welcome
If it works in safe mode, it may work in clean boot
How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...ation-conflicts-performing-clean-startup.html
If it does follow the instructions to find the cause.