Vista32, new driver? & USB Mouse/Keyboard not working

While in safe mode run a full anti-virus scan might find a culprit.
Another thing to try is to run check disk from safe mode since may find and
fix a corrupted file that is causing your problem.

"DDG" <DDG.3k7fw7.RemoveThis@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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> Scott J. Stringfellow;782700 Wrote:
>> Sorry to report, but I was never able to recover from this error.
>> PS2 mouse/kybd wouldn't work, even after enabling in Bios.
>> USB or PS2 worked fine on computer until Vista loaded, then locked.
>>
>> ONLY resolution for me was to pull hd, install in another Dell, copy
>> data,
>> and then wipe array and rebuild my computer. Hoping a clean build will
>> prevent problem that wiped successful running of Vista Ultimate for
>> past 4
>> months.
>>
>> Chris155 had excellent write-up... I sure hope Microsoft is reading
>> what
>> they've done. I'm NOT real happy right now... and taxes have to be
>> finished
>> by Tuesday!
>> Yes, I was just finishing mine when this happened. Sigh.
>>
>> Good Luck, folks!
>>
>> "Scott J. Stringfellow" wrote:
>>
>> > Yesterday my Vista32 Ultimate was working fine, this morning it was
>> in
>> > Standby mode - not normal behavior, as I have backups & scanning
>> running most
>> > of the night. Powered on and found mouse didn't work. After that
>> keyboard
>> > failed. Worked on it, found it to be Win problem but not sure what.
>> Reading
>> > here I may be victim of USB problem, though I've been running fine
>> since
>> > Christmas. Tried Safe mode, no change. Eventually got it back to Last
>> Good
>> > Config and it worked but before I could do a restore it loaded new
>> device
>> > drivers for my USB, apparently 3 drivers - Generic USB Hub, USB
>> Composite
>> > Device, & USB Human Interface. Once they loaded keyboard and mouse
>> died and
>> > even a restore to Last Known Good hasn't fixed the problem. I also
>> tried a
>> > ps2 connector keyboard & mouse and they didn't work either... not
>> quite sure
>> > why there, as I thought that was different than USB, but hey... I
>> don't know
>> > everything. (smile)
>> >
>> > Any thoughts, directions, assistance appreciated on how to get my
>> system
>> > running again.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Scott
>
> I have similar problem to all. Running Vista Home Prem and able to
> deal with all gliches, until Monday, when my mouse and keyboard
> (wireless usb) both died. Tried usb mouse, ps2 keyboard, restoring to
> much earlier date. Everything works in safe mode, but *no mouse or
> keyboard of any kind* after Vista loads. At this point I'd like to
> throw the damn thing out the window. Any suggestions gratefully
> accepted.
>
> DDG
>
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