Mouse and keyboard has stopped working completely in one of the installations of Windows XP Pro
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From: Rich Barry on 20 Dec 2009 20:45 Jack, glad to hear that my solution worked for you. I realized a few years ago that I could do that instead of using the five files out of the Repair Folder that the MSKB Article suggests. There fine except they give you a copy of the Registry as it was created during the install of WinXP. Anything done after will not be entered there. Using the five registry files from the Snapshot folder gives you a much more up to date registry. "Jack" <jack(a)nospamplease.com> wrote in message news:%23tBKwa0fKHA.5568(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Good morning! I hope I am posting this to the correct forum. > > I have two installations of XP Pro on my PC, one on C drive and the other > on D drive. Everything was working fine till a couple of days back when I > noticed that I could not use the installation on C drive because the mouse > and keyboard were completely frozen even though I could see the desktop. > It doesn't seem to be a hardware problem since the same keyboard and mouse > work fine when I boot into my D drive. I have tried connecting another > keyboard and mouse while booting into C drive but with the same result. > Since they are completely frozen I can't go in and delete them from the > Device Manager, open the registry, or reinstall the drivers. That's the > Catch-22 situation. I can access C drive through the Windows Explorer when > I log into D drive but that doesn't help much even though I replaced some > related drivers on C drive with those on my D drive.. > > I would be grateful to receive any advice regarding this tricky problem. > > Thank you! > > Jack > > Windows XP Pro; MS Wireless Optical Mouse and Keyboard (USB); Another > corded mouse (USB) and a PS/2 keyboard. > > |