Windows 10: USB 2.0 ports broken after using USBOblivion

I had an issue with my keyboard and so I downloaded and installed the latest Logitech drivers, for some reason (likely just a glitch) my keyboard went from problematic to now being just an "Unknown Device". After many attempts to fix the issue including a clean install of the new and old drivers, and reinstalling AMD drivers for the USB hub I turned to Uncle Google and found 'USBOblivion', which supposedly fixes all sorts of USB problems. Supposedly.


Well it didn't for me. It was a simple to use program, just tick a box and click 'go' and it tidies up old 'ghost' entries in the registry, but for me it broke all of my 2.0 ports. My 3.1 and 3.0 ports still work, but I have seven 2.0 ports which now show a yellow exclamation mark next to anything I plug into them with a "Code 10 - This device cannot start" error. All drivers install fine, and I've even plugged in ancient devices from the cupboard to see if the problem is only related to things that were present when I ran USBOblivion but they do exactly the same which leads me to think it's a hub problem. Except I've uninstalled/reinstalled all of the hubs and all are working fine, no errors.


I can't use system restore as the only 3 restore points it has after all post-USBOblivion and would restore me to the same state.


I have a .reg file from USBOblivion but it fails to import as "some keys are open by the system" even with Admin rights, also this file is over 500KB so it has me wondering just what the hades that program ripped out of the registry that requires a half MB backup.


What I have been searching for for days with no luck is just some way to reinitialise or reset USB to a clean slate. DISM and SFC scans say all file integrity is pristine and Windows 10's built in hardware troubleshooter just attempts to reinstall the 'code 10' devices in the same way that I tried manually by uninstalling and re-scanning for them. No change, they just reinstall with code 10.


Any suggestions?


Windows 10 Pro x64 v1803 b17134.191 fully updated
MSI X370 Titanium motherboard
ASMedia ASM2142 Chipset
2x 3.x ports (working)
AMD CPU
4x 3.x ports (working)
AMD X370 Chipset
5x 3.x ports (working)
7x 2.0 ports (broken)


PS. I know some folks will say "Forget about it, you have enough USB 3 ports!" but the thing is that only 4 of the rear ports are 3.0 and compatible with my devices, the rest are 3.1 and have different sockets, and all of the other 3.x ports are on the motherboard.

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USB Port Oddities


Ok, let's see it with pictures step-by-step. First right-click on the USB device and select Update driver software:





Then select Browse my computer for driver software (LAST option) :





The select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer (LAST option) :





Then select the standard driver from the list and click next:





Click next/OK as required to complete installation. Repeat the steps for all Intel USB devices. Finally click on each USB root device and press DEL to delete it, reply YES when asked. After deleting all USB root devices restart the computer.

I hope this is detailed enough...

 

A broken usb port

I have a broken usb port and i need to disable it because windows keeps detecting and spamming me with usb device not reginsoed windows, there is no device connected in that port, its just broken

HELP

 

USB 2 port not working in Windows 10 on Samsung Notebook

Hi Tomale,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

Since all the USB ports are working and the problem is with the USB 3.0 port in the right side of the laptop, then this issue is with that particular port.

You can contact the manufacture of the laptop to get it done.

As a workaround, I suggest you to Run Hardware troubleshooter and check if it helps.

Follow these steps to run hardware troubleshooter.

• Type troubleshooting
  in search box.
• Select view all on the top left pane.
• Click on Hardware and Devices Troubleshooter and follow the prompts to
  run the troubleshooter.

Thanks.