Please have patience as I explain how I encounter myself in this predicament.
Problem: My Keboard & mouse do not work once windows xp loads
I tried to unwisely Edit my registry in windows xp (SP2) causing this problem by not properly reading all the instructions provided
A mistake i do not intend on repeating again
My DVD drives would disappear from my computer
Only to return once i restarted
So i googled my problem and found that the solution was as simple one, i read as follows:
"In the Registry Editor dialog box, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class and select the {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} key, which appears as a folder.
In the right panel of the Registry Editor, select the LowerFilters line, and then choose Edit > Delete. Click Yes in the Confirm Key Delete dialog box.
Select the UpperFilters line, and then choose Edit > Delete. Click Yes in the Confirm Key Delete dialog box.
Close the Registry Editor.
Restart Windows."
Only problem is a did not read the "DO NOT DELETE ANY OTHER KEYS" Which was located in at the bottom of the page
And unfortunalty I DID.
I deleted the upperfilters for the next 3 keys down
Which was a mistake i found out once I restarted my computer
Now my mouse & keboard do not work once windows loads up
I can still get into the BIOS and perform any tasks pre windows
But once windows loads they stop working
Here is a list of things I have already tried:
To plug in a USB or PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard Did not work
Unpluging & Repluging Mouse & Keyboard Did not work
Safe Mode / Loading last know Configuration Did not work
Cannot peform System Restore
I have found one possible fix but with a time restrain
I could simply put my Mesh Cd (windows xp was not provided)
Boot from cd and install windows xp
Hopefully everything would be back to normal
That is a solution but not one im happy with
Since i still have a number documents that will be deleted once this operation had been completed
It does not give me any other options
I was hoping that another solution was possible
My next step is to take my hard drive to my friends computer
Set it as a slave and hopefully i should be able to retrieve
all the information needed.
But that will not be possible until the 4th of January He is currently on Holiday And the only one who has a computer that will support my ATA Hard Drive
If anyone has a solution that would be able to help me prior to his return it would be much appreciated.
Thank you for all those that have had the patience to read all of this and more so for those that might be able to provide me with a solution that will assist me out of this predicament i currently find myself in.
