Windows 7 has started to play up, whenever i restart my computer i cannot use my USB keyboard and mouse and my network cards dont work


i have had to use a ps/2 keyboard and mouse..

i went into device manager and i saw that all my usb ports failed to start and that my network cards also failed to start... to fix this i had to click uninstall and then rescan for hardware changes... after that it worked almost instantly.

I want to know why it is doing this and how i can fix it...

I dont want to have to take two keyboards and two mice to respawn so any help is aprriciated:

P.S I dont realy want to reinstall os but if i have to i will - Last LAST FINAL Resort

Could be your motherboard. I don't know if the internal battery could cause stuff like this, but someone here might. Have you changed or upgraded you motherboard drivers recently?

If yes, try to roll the back to an earlier version that worked.
If no, upgrade and see if that helps.

Id say it would be some form of driver corruption, maybe a southbridge overheating, or motherboard failure.

Check your temperatures and update your chipset drivers.

Try downloading the latest chipset drivers for it.. and play around with the legacy USB support options in the bios

thats what i was going to say the mother board maybe its faulty

Oh great Motherboard Issues...

Hm.. Interesting. when i boot my pc i can use my usb keyboard for manouvering around bios... when windows 7 actualy starts and it says press ctrl alt del to log in no keyboard/mouse works except for ps/2

Screeners

Before:


After i uninstall and do a reinstall of drivers:

first think i would be doing is getting a bootable linux disc and seeing if it does the same thing, if it works fine id say windows is pooched

when did it start happening. also what AV are you running?

-Dead_Man

deadman i just updated the post aboive you

it started happening about 6 weeks ago but because i never restart my computer i didnt notice... because i sleep my pc instead. when i restart it does it..

im scared.

double click on one of the devices with a yellow mark,

it should give you a device status and error code

status code is 10
and it says the device failed to start.

OK looks like some corrupted windows files

open a command prompt as administrator and run the following

ok windows seems fairly pooched, time for a format me thinks

*ragequit* my life

sifnt do that, means you will miss respawn

hm i dont want to miss respawn... however it is my windows because i just installed ubuntu and the keyboard and mouse have no issues... thanks for the suggestion deadman. great... i hate reinstalls means i have to do backups and stuff... i wonder if i can do a windows boot restore or somthing.

any last options before i choose the ultimate painful goal.

Slight edit: Rebooted into windows and keyboard/mouse/drivers working fine? wtf? needed a secondary os to give it a kick in the butt?

It's lupus.

just make sure u do everything right

okay thats no help to me... if you dont have genuine advice then dont bother buddy.

sometimes the sfc scan will replace missing files without telling you its replaced them.

-Dead_Man

dead_man your a ledgend

now im getting the feeling sombodys in my system controllin mah mouse.


last night my msn contact list randomly scrolled up and down like sombody was using the scroll wheel... when i did a norton scan it took 15 mins for a intensive scan... does that sound right?

intensive scans should take hours, but i havnt used norton in years though.

run a scan with malwarebytes and see if anything pops up

-Dead_Man

im just annoyed at the fact to install win7 on a comp which had xp on it is annying as u have to look for a ps2 keyboard cause the usb keyboard don't work

thank god they updated it in vista and in win 7

it was lol cats

scrolling through your msn stealing your contacts

Gia.. rephrase, sorta un-understandable.

i get your drift but could you clarify?

okay deadman ill run a malware bites scan.. should i unplug from the net whilst i run it?

XP was never made 2 use a usb keyboard in bios or if you are doing a install of xp or installing another os when using a xp then installing a new os u need a ps2 keyboard cause usb keyboards was not made for xp

wow within 14 seconds of the scan starting it found a object.

o no ive been found

o hai guise... i dont like the looks of the last one

you sir have a virus

....

Kinda thought virus as soon as you said something was taking control of your mouse

Also XP fully supports USB keyboards, It just has to detect them like any other USB HID and that takes time. You DO NOT need to have a PS2 keyboard to install XP.

Hell I'm pretty damn certain every OS from 98SE to 7 has supported USB keyboards off the bat.

everytime i ever done it u had to use a ps2 keyboard cause the usb wouldn't reconize

and im taking control of his mouse

Giarus, that may be due to having USB keyboard support disabled in the bios.
Enable that and ANYTHING should be able to use your USB keyboard.

I have installed and maintained XP machines since it was released in 2001, and i have used MANY a USB keyboard to install/configure them.

i do enable it in the bios but for sum reason it keeps doing it

This doesn't have to be the OS's fault though. You could have a bad MB, BIOS, drivers, keyboard, cables, connectors or ports.

And since lots of people have had no problem with USB keyboards and XP, it's more likely that it's not the OS.