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hi boxster 97, i truly appreciate your response and certainly hope I did not do anything to cause cause you any concerns. i actually felt better when i received your initial post as i exactly experienced the same thing - working the whole evening on the car - trying to determine what may be amiss.
i would defer to the experts on the board, but for what it is worth, from what i have learned first hand so far from working on the car and what i gather from the forums (and again the experts may know better), when turning the key and you feel no resistance, it could be a loose connecting rod between the physical lock and the lock mechanism - believe it can work itself loose and you check it by removing the door panel.
On the alarm, as I understand it (again the experts may determine otherwise) if you unlock the car with the key you have to place the key in the ignition within several seconds or the alarm will go off (I am not sure if your alarm went off right away when you used the key but it is possible because presumably you locked the door with the remote).
On the doors, from my experience, if one of the doors/door mechanisms is amiss, it affects the other one so if one is amiss, it may affect the other door as well.
On the window drop down, I understand there is an inside door handle microswitch (which may be bad if window does not drop when opening the door from the inside); an outside door handle microswitch (which may be bad when window does not drop when opening the door from the outside); a door larch mechanism microswitch (which may be bad when the window raises back up when either door handle is released) and a convertible top latch microswitch (which may be bad when both windows do not drop when using the convertible top).
I continue to work on mine, and will let you know if I determine anything that may be useful to you. Please let me know as well.
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