No keyboard or mouse after setting to windowed mode then restarting

(game unplayable)

I have a Dell XPS 600 with Dual GTX 7800 video cards in a linked SLI configuration. I am running the game in 1900x1200 resolution, but am seeing severe cursor flicker (same thing happens with Civ IV, BTW). I recalled that setting Civ IV to windowed mode (as opposed to full screen per default) stopped the flicker so I tried setting GalCiv II to windowed mode and restarted. What I found was that doing so means that the Title screen no longer responds to either the mouse or keyboard. I am totally hosed now. I can't unset the setting either via the GUI because of this problem, so I'm stuck and can't play the game! This is a pretty bad bug. What I need is a) a bug fix, and b) a workaround so I can at least undo the setting somehow (outside of the game - uninsatlling/re-installing didn't fix it) and play the game in flicker (full screen) mode once again.
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read this post for the answer - "Mouse doesn't work in windowed mode and now I can't change it back.."