Keyboard & Mouse stopped responding

That is what is leading me to think that since the system repair did not fix the issue a reinstall might be the only thing left.

Only other thing i can suggest at the moment is to boot into the bios and make sure any usb setting are correct.

no response with the keyboard when windows is running. it only worked during startup. since it works during start up, it seems as though the problem is with Windows. it's recognizing everything plugged into USB, but nothing is actually working.

Just tried safe mode. No luck there. The cursor is still stuck in the middle of the screen. Thanks for your suggestion though!

do you have anyother devices connect to the usb ports? try removing them and see. May have to try doing a system repair using your OS disk.

I unplugged everything from the USB and tried starting it up with only the mouse, then only the keyboard but neither worked. I did try system repair with the Windows XP disc, no changes.

tyr booting into safe mode and see if it will work there. Press the F8 key at the Dell Splash Screen

is it just the mouse or both? do any keys on the keyboard respond when you press them try pressing Ctrl F4 to shut down. use the  tab key to move and the enter key. If this is possible.

This really sound like a driver hang and without a functional mouse and keyboard Im thinking reinstall but lets not go there yet..

what system are we dealing with here.