[midget373]

i am running windows xp pro sp2.
it worked perfectly fine for nearly a year now. then suddenly my keyboard packs up. so i test it and find out it's my ps2 socket busted.

i then purchase a usb converter and usb keyboard. (converter took too long to arrive. wasn't next day though i paid for next day) it worked perfectly fine for about 3 days. then it stops working at windows logon. my usb mouse won't work either. they work on other computers. and they work find until it gets to windows xp welcome screen.(log on)

i've tried repairing windows and that's had no effect whatsoever. i also tried leaving the keyboard unplugged until welcome screen.(advice from another site)

is there anything i can do to make it work? (it works on other computers) i don't want to have to reinstall windows as i have over 100GB of irreplaceable data.


if anyone can help me with this i would really appreciate it. and i have the disk i installed xp pro.


Asus P5VD2X Socket 775 Motherboard
Intel Pentium 4 630 3.00Ghz Processor
Seagate ST3160811AS 160GB Harddrive
Corsair DDR2 533Mhz PC-4200 1GB Ram
Innovision 7100GS 256MB PCI-E Graphics Card

[midget373]

i am on msn if anyone feels like messaging me on that. dunno how long i'll be on though.

[midget373]

i'm purchasing a new harddrive today. but if anyone's got any suggestions, i'd really appreciate it.

[mrdaveyk]

try a system restore?

did you update and of your usb ports, that happened to me

an update just stopped them working

do they work in safe mode?

[midget373]

i tried repairing my xp install. forget safe mode. now my hardrive has bust. i've bought a new one. but no. i didn't do any updates. i just shut down and woke up next day to find it broke.