Lady Rarity Pony

I'm pretty sure your keyboard works. To make sure, look down and observe the surface your typing on.

my old desktop speakers would always just cut out. I would have to restart my computer to fix it. really irritating

Check the drivers? try a different keyboard? restart the computer with them pluged in? Are the speakers old? some really old speakers require you to use batteries, I have some from '95 that use batteries.