Dear listers,
After laying my hands on mac mini, I'm running into some problems. I went 
through the initial setup assistant, chose my language, filled in my Apple ID, 
etc etc. Everything went just fine. I turned off bluetooth because I'm not 
going to need a mouse or a trackpad. All was fine and I shut down the mini.

A few hours later I came back and booted. VoiceOver support comes when I hit 
command f5, but I can change that later on, so that VO comes on even at log on. 
But what happens now is, that I boot, and then try to click my user name and 
enter my password, but at that time, a dialog pops up, saying the mini is 
looking for a keyboard or mouse via bluetooth. I have a usb keyboard though, 
and no mouse. This dialog states that I can get rid of it, i.e. stop the mini 
from looking for a mouse or trackpad, simply by hitting command q. Hit command 
q if you don't have a trackpad or wireless mouse it says. But when I do that, I 
am not returned to the dialog where I can enter my username and password for 
log on. Instead, I land in a window where it says: authentication has no 
windows. From here, I can indeed turn on or off voiceover, but there is no way 
to enter my log on account info to go on. I tried vo f1 twice, but it dings at 
me, instead of telling me how many apps are open. Maybe, you can only use vo f1 
f1 from the desktop, or from one of its children I suppose.

So what do I do now? Can I still log in? Is there any way to get around this 
issue, or did I just screw up the device, and do I need to completely reinstall 
it using a usb key with mountain lion on it? That is no problem at all, but it 
takes time I'd rather use for more productive things than reinstalling a new 
device. Did any of you exprerience this situation? How did you all get around 
this problem? Was it stupidity not to get a wireless mouse or magic pad?

Kind regards,
Paul.

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