Windows 10: Windows 10 shuts down all USB devices upon startup

Dear Community ,


I was booting up my desktop Windows 10 PC yesterday, when I noticed that both my mouse an keyboard weren´t working as Windows booted up.

I tried connecting an Xbox controller - it vibrates for about half a second and then doesn´t do anything either, tried another mouse and still the same issue.


I then booted the PC in recovery mode, where both my mouse and keyboard worked just fine and proceeded to try and delete the latest Windows update, yet this feature is blocked by a password, which the system told me was wrong, even though I am 100% sure this was my account password I tried it on other devices. I then tried resetting my password via another device yet the new password is also flagged as incorrect.

The PC has a constant ethernet connection.

Booting in various variations of safe-mode didn´t resolve anything either. I have a backlit keyboard so I can see when it is deactivated. It turns on as the PC boots up, and deactivates as soon as Windows is loaded spinning dots.


So in short:

-the mouse and keyboard work, yet are deactivated by Windows upon launch as are all other USB devices

-I can´t access the various reset or restore functions in recovery as they are blocked by a password which the system tells me is incorrect

-mouse and keyboard work without issues on other machines

-I don´t recall installing any updates on the devices before the issue occured


Is there any way of solving this without having to completely re-install Windows?


Best regards,

Alex

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