Windows 10 - Keyboards Stop Working After Login?

[Benedict_Arnold]

This has happened on two of my machines (the third - an i7 laptop - I can't find after the house move).

After logging in (during which the keyboard works fine) the keyboard stops working all together.

On one PC I resorted to re-installing a brand new copy of Windows 10, costing me $120 in the process, and I'm rather loathed to do it again.

Anyone else had this problem and got a fix?

 

[bigboss]

Looks like yours isn't an isolated problem:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_devices/mouse-and-keyboard-input-not-working-after-windows/55311f4a-97eb-4b12-95bd-7d3743e930dc?auth=1

 

[chebby]

This seemed to work for some people ...

Microsoft keyboard (£8 in my local supermarket) that should 'talk' to your system whilst you update the other keyboard's driver software.

 

[Vladimir]

Wireless or USB wired keyboard?

If wireless, you need to turn off the Windows options for bluetooth and wi-fi to save power by turning devices off.

If USB wired, you need to reinstall USB drivers, possibly motherboard/chipset drivers from manufacturer's CD.

 

[chebby]

... from manufacturer's CD.

Are there still such things? My daughter's Windows 8.1 was download only (Asus or Acer) and had no system disks when purchased new (and sealed).

 

[Vladimir]

... from manufacturer's CD.

Are there still such things? My daughter's Windows 8.1 was download only (Asus or Acer) and had no system disks when purchased new (and sealed).

Yup. I still get a CD(s) with every laptop, PC or periferal I buy. Even when there is nothing but manuals in PDF I get a disc. No worries even if you don't have the drivers on a disc. Everything is available for download from manufacturer websites.

 

[jjbomber]

This has happened on two of my machines (the third - an i7 laptop - I can't find after the house move).

After logging in (during which the keyboard works fine) the keyboard stops working all together.

Anyone else had this problem and got a fix?

I had a similar problem with the mouse not working. I had to revert back to a previous BIOS. I have a HP, so it is a case of pressing F2 on start up to get the menu option to revert back. i don't know what machine you have, but find out the instruction and try that.

 

[Benedict_Arnold]

This has happened on two of my machines (the third - an i7 laptop - I can't find after the house move).

After logging in (during which the keyboard works fine) the keyboard stops working all together.

Anyone else had this problem and got a fix?

I had a similar problem with the mouse not working. I had to revert back to a previous BIOS. I have a HP, so it is a case of pressing F2 on start up to get the menu option to revert back. i don't know what machine you have, but find out the instruction and try that.

All my PCs except laptops are homebrews. Get (usually) better performance / value that way. This one, for example, is an i7 3930K 3.2 GHzhex-core with 32 gigs of RAM, a 1 terabyte SSD, 3.6 terabyte RAID5 auxilliary, 4K graphics card, etc. etc. Haven't tried overcclocking since I installed Windows 10, but under Windows 8.1 it would run happily at 4.0 GHz.

 

[Benedict_Arnold]

Found AN answer, not sure it's THE answer, but...

Hold down the Num Lock keyboard until the "Turn on Toggle Keys" pop-up appears, or go to Control Panel, Ease of Access Center (Centre), Make the Keyboard Easier to Use (whoever thought that name up deserves a Nobel Prize, right?) and make sure everything is turned off.