Could somebody help me unf*ck my pc please

[SammiYin]

Here's an amusing story, I was saving a little movie I made earlier from windows movie maker, but my pc said "I think I'll just turn off now lol" so it did, much to my bemusement. I then tried it again, and got the same result.
Perplexed, but heading towards the territories of enragement, I decided maybe mr pc was overheating and needed a good old fashioned cleaning, which I did, spending much time and effort cleaning out the black collections of dust that had formed around the fans.
Of course, this required unplugging, and then plugging back in, which means the keyboard and mouse had to be unplugged also.
So this is my predicament, my pc isn't recognising either my keyboard or my mouse, attempts to unplug and replug have resulted in failure, as has screaming begging and pleading.

So please, techno wizzes, is there any way of installing the drivers for hardware [note they are USB and don't even have fucking driver disks anyway, making it even more infuriating that they don't register on plug in] without a means of interacting with the pc in the first place?

All I can think of is somehow rigging my laptop up to my pc and trying to take forceful control from there, but have no idea how to implement this.

Thankyou for any help.

 

[DSQ]

SO you have done the whole turnign on turning off thing right? do you not have any spare mouses to test if it is your keyboard/mouses fault?

Maybe you have a virus?

Sorry can't help ya more than that.

 

[Jerubbaal]

What version of windows do you have? Also, a full list of your system specs (esp what brand and model of keyboard and mouse you are using) would be helpful.

 

[Avaholic03]

Does the keyboard work to enter bios or boot into safe mode? If that doesn't work, you might have to insert the OS disc, boot from that and have it do a repair re-install. Perhaps a system file you need was deleted.

 

[BGH122]

It sounds like your USB driver is corrupted. Insert your Windows disk and restart your computer. The Windows disk should supply the necessary control drivers for you to go through the process of repairing Windows.

 

[SammiYin]

My pc runs on Windows xp, mouse is a tech air 3d optical mouse [I know this has no driver disc because that's the reason I bought it, to try and safeguard against this very thing -.-] keyboard is an ultra x premium keyboard [sorry I can't be more specific with either of these, I'm the sort of guy who throws away useful information] I also don't think this has a driver disc either, but I will have a root around anyway. I can't give you any specs on my pc because I can't open them.
One thing I forgot to mention though, I have loads of partially deleted software for older hardware on it [I don't know how it partially deletes it] but I get the "Found new hardware" wizard pop up in 5 windows everytime I turn it on, so it could be this that's blocking recognition of the hardware.

Avaholic, when you say Reboot the OS disc, do you mean windows or just the driver?

 

[viranimus]

Ive actually had something similar to this occur before. At least in my case It was a sign of a nasty infection. The Keyboard would not identify. It was operational in BIOS but would become unresponsive on OS load. After 3 weeks of trying system repairs and driver re installation (a ***** with only a mouse) the only thing that worked was a registry cleanup and consequent reformat / reinstall.

Not saying thats the solution, but be prepared because something like that can very well be the end result.

 

[BGH122]

My pc runs on Windows xp, mouse is a tech air 3d optical mouse [I know this has no driver disc because that's the reason I bought it, to try and safeguard against this very thing -.-] keyboard is an ultra x premium keyboard [sorry I can't be more specific with either of these, I'm the sort of guy who throws away useful information] I also don't think this has a driver disc either, but I will have a root around anyway. I can't give you any specs on my pc because I can't open them.
One thing I forgot to mention though, I have loads of partially deleted software for older hardware on it [I don't know how it partially deletes it] but I get the "Found new hardware" wizard pop up in 5 windows everytime I turn it on, so it could be this that's blocking recognition of the hardware.

Avaholic, when you say Reboot the OS disc, do you mean windows or just the driver?

He means Windows. OS is short for Operating System, the thing that hosts the virtual machine everything runs on, or in layman's terms Windows.

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

How far into the boot process did it get and how long did you leave it on before powering it off in frustration when the keyboard and mouse weren't recognized? See, Windows has this thing it does with USB devices, where the system boots up before it installs and configures the drivers for them. Also, if you unplug a USB keyboard and mouse and then plug them back into different USB slots (or switch the slots), Windows believes you have new devices and thus they have to be reinstalled before they'll work.

The good news is that in most cases, you don't actually need to do anything - if it's dumped you at the initial login screen and the keyboard and mouse don't work, you can generally wait a minute or two, periodically testing to see if they're responding yet, and they'll come back up (likewise if you can get into the main windows screen and have no keyboard/mouse).

Reading your supplemental information though I think you might have screwed yourself over somehow with those new driver prompts - keyboards and mice are configured via the automatic "new hardware wizard", no prompts or requests for driver details needed, but depending on the specific order Windows is attempting to install things in, if it's stuck sitting at a screen prompting you to respond to a dialog box, it may never get past that point to actually reconfigure your keyboard and mouse. So what I would suggest doing is to systematically exhaust your available USB ports and the "order" in which you have them connected (i.e., if you have two, switch the keyboard and mouse around) - if I'm right and you're encountering this issue because the ports you're using have changed, if you get it back to how it was originally Windows may just carry on like normal.

Alternately you could always try more drastic things like restoring from a backup disc (assuming you have one).

 

[KimonoBoxFox]

There is always the distinct possibility that your motherboard is fried, from overheating.

I lost use of my CD-rom drive on a laptop in a very similar way. About two months later, the thing started freezing at the OS bootup for Windows, and finally refused to turn on altogether, restarting about two seconds after the power was flicked on.

Best thing I can recommend is to bring it in to Geek Squad at Best Buy, or the manufacturer (HP, Dell, whatever) and get a diagnosis of the issue.

That is assuming all of this dicking around we're all suggesting here doesn't resolve your problem.

 

[Spookimitsu]

Slave out your hdd to another pc, scan for bugs. I'd recommend super antispyware. Return hdd to unit, try to see if you can start in safe mode with networking and go here http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407
and follow instructions. Use a serial port mouse & keyboard it you have one in the meanwhile, see if that is a temporary fix.

if you get back into your OS you can also try to run chkdsk /f to see if there are any errors on the disk

You should also get CCleaner, and run it, use it to clean out your registry, and maybe it will correct some of those found new hardware errors. go here->
www.filehippo.com

good luck!

 

[SammiYin]

How far into the boot process did it get and how long did you leave it on before powering it off in frustration when the keyboard and mouse weren't recognized? See, Windows has this thing it does with USB devices, where the system boots up before it installs and configures the drivers for them. Also, if you unplug a USB keyboard and mouse and then plug them back into different USB slots (or switch the slots), Windows believes you have new devices and thus they have to be reinstalled before they'll work.

We have a winner. All I had to do was switch the plugs around, and it worked instantly. There's a relief. Who's idea was it to make all USB plugs look the same anyways? -.-
Ah well, lesson learned, thanks for the help everybody.

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

How far into the boot process did it get and how long did you leave it on before powering it off in frustration when the keyboard and mouse weren't recognized? See, Windows has this thing it does with USB devices, where the system boots up before it installs and configures the drivers for them. Also, if you unplug a USB keyboard and mouse and then plug them back into different USB slots (or switch the slots), Windows believes you have new devices and thus they have to be reinstalled before they'll work.

We have a winner. All I had to do was switch the plugs around, and it worked instantly. There's a relief. Who's idea was it to make all USB plugs look the same anyways? -.-
Ah well, lesson learned, thanks for the help everybody.

Glad you're operational again. Might still want to give the system a full checkup as there are possibly other underlying issues still going on the background though, as that's just generally a good idea when a computer is behaving oddly (as yours certainly was/is).

 

[Bling1907]

Have you got a PS/2 keyboard and mouse? (The ones with purple and green ends on cable), so you can update drivers on internet.

Also check the USB ports for dust.

 

[SammiYin]

How far into the boot process did it get and how long did you leave it on before powering it off in frustration when the keyboard and mouse weren't recognized? See, Windows has this thing it does with USB devices, where the system boots up before it installs and configures the drivers for them. Also, if you unplug a USB keyboard and mouse and then plug them back into different USB slots (or switch the slots), Windows believes you have new devices and thus they have to be reinstalled before they'll work.

We have a winner. All I had to do was switch the plugs around, and it worked instantly. There's a relief. Who's idea was it to make all USB plugs look the same anyways? -.-
Ah well, lesson learned, thanks for the help everybody.

Glad you're operational again. Might still want to give the system a full checkup as there are possibly other underlying issues still going on the background though, as that's just generally a good idea when a computer is behaving oddly (as yours certainly was/is).

It appears I'm not out of the woods, yet, While I have keyboard and mouse functionality, Windows Movie Maker refuses to work, it will open once, freeze when I put footage into it, then refuse to open again after I close it. So it seems I will have to use this as a pc related failblog and hope somebody knows what to do about it
Any suggestions?