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Mar 18^th, 2018 at 11:11am

I updated my computer this morning - Win7 -
with update KB4091290 & it failed to update but it also
lost the mouse & keyboard functionality at the 2 rear USB ports on my computer.

I rebooted & it didn't help.

I have 2 USB ports at the front of my computer & they worked when I
plugged the mouse & keyboard into them.

I then used system restore to go back to before the
update was made & that fixed the problem.
The 2 rear USB ports now work
so my mouse & keyboard are plugged back into them.
I switched the update to "hide" to stop it re-installing.

What a pain in the arse.
There is nothing on Microsoft's website to help.
The virtual assistant was hopeless & the live chat help
had 58 people waiting in line.

It's a good job that I could fix it myself.

Hopefully this post will help others if they do a Google search
as there was nothing anywhere else to help me.

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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26460 Australia	Re: update KB4091290 no mouse or keyboard Reply #1 - Mar 18^th, 2018 at 11:18am Actually ive heard of that bug - someone i know it happened to a few months back. They should know about it and should have fixed it in the update. They just want you to use windows 10 i guess. Spot
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Reply #2 - Mar 18^th, 2018 at 11:33am

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Mar 18^th, 2018 at 11:18am:

Actually ive heard of that bug - someone i know it happened to a few months back. They should know about it and should have fixed it in the update. They just want you to use windows 10 i guess.

Spot

I don't want Win10.
I have used it at work and it's awful.

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Reply #3 - Mar 18^th, 2018 at 11:59am

Yes I agree and you cant turn updates off. I have a win10 laptop and every time i need to use it (usually for a quick printout or something) i have to wait hours for it to update before I can get to whatever it was i was going to do. Not to mention how it uses all your bandwidth.

My main pc is much better even though its older.

My point remains though - micro$oft wants you to upgrade.

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Reply #4 - Mar 18^th, 2018 at 12:09pm

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Mar 18^th, 2018 at 11:59am:

Yes I agree and you cant turn updates off. I have a win10 laptop and every time i need to use it (usually for a quick printout or something) i have to wait hours for it to update before I can get to whatever it was i was going to do. Not to mention how it uses all your bandwidth.

My main pc is much better even though its older.

My point remains though - micro$oft wants you to upgrade.

Spot

Microsoft should have stuck with Win7.

Win10 is slower and you have less control.
It also invades your privacy by allowing Micro$oft to spy on everything you do.

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lee Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 16435 Gender:	Re: update KB4091290 no mouse or keyboard Reply #5 - Mar 18^th, 2018 at 12:59pm The power to update beyond Micro$oft is in your hands.
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 95496 Melbourne Gender:	Re: update KB4091290 no mouse or keyboard Reply #6 - Mar 18^th, 2018 at 1:08pm lee wrote on Mar 18^th, 2018 at 12:59pm: The power to update beyond Micro$oft is in your hands. To what? I only know how to use Micro$oft.
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Reply #7 - Mar 18^th, 2018 at 2:16pm

Using one of the Linux products. They have a fair suite of programs. Most compatible with Windows.

You can even do a dual boot system and select which one you want at startup.

You can initially download to a memory stick and run it from there to see how you like it.

You can also run windows programs under the WINE app.

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Reply #8 - Mar 18^th, 2018 at 2:40pm

lee wrote on Mar 18^th, 2018 at 2:16pm:

Using one of the Linux products. They have a fair suite of programs. Most compatible with Windows.

You can even do a dual boot system and select which one you want at startup.

You can initially download to a memory stick and run it from there to see how you like it.

You can also run windows programs under the WINE app.

My previous company that I worked for had a Linux based server system for everyone - in the UK -
and it was costing half a million pounds a year to maintain -
there were massive problems & lost time.

They ended up going back to Micro$oft.

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lee Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 16435 Gender:	Re: update KB4091290 no mouse or keyboard Reply #9 - Mar 18^th, 2018 at 4:42pm How long ago? Do you think it has changed?
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 95496 Melbourne Gender:	Re: update KB4091290 no mouse or keyboard Reply #10 - Mar 18^th, 2018 at 7:12pm lee wrote on Mar 18^th, 2018 at 4:42pm: How long ago? Do you think it has changed? It was about 10 years ago. The problem was that it had to be compatible with all the websites that were using Microsoft software. It seems that only Microsoft knows how to make their software work properly.
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Reply #11 - Mar 18^th, 2018 at 8:01pm

Bobby. wrote on Mar 18^th, 2018 at 7:12pm:

The problem was that it had to be compatible with all
the websites that were using Microsoft software.

I'm using Linux and have no trouble with websites.

Bobby. wrote on Mar 18^th, 2018 at 7:12pm:

It seems that only Microsoft knows how to make their software work properly.

So it is only the underlying platform that's crap.

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Reply #12 - Mar 18^th, 2018 at 8:22pm

lee wrote on Mar 18^th, 2018 at 8:01pm:

Bobby. wrote on Mar 18^th, 2018 at 7:12pm:

The problem was that it had to be compatible with all
the websites that were using Microsoft software.

I'm using Linux and have no trouble with websites.

Bobby. wrote on Mar 18^th, 2018 at 7:12pm:

It seems that only Microsoft knows how to make their software work properly.

So it is only the underlying platform that's crap.

"I'm using Linux and have no trouble with websites."

but how do you know that it's secure?

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Re: update KB4091290 no mouse or keyboard
Reply #13 - Mar 18^th, 2018 at 8:57pm

Bobby. wrote on Mar 18^th, 2018 at 2:40pm:

lee wrote on Mar 18^th, 2018 at 2:16pm:

Using one of the Linux products. They have a fair suite of programs. Most compatible with Windows.

You can even do a dual boot system and select which one you want at startup.

You can initially download to a memory stick and run it from there to see how you like it.

You can also run windows programs under the WINE app.

My previous company that I worked for had a Linux based server system for everyone - in the UK -
and it was costing half a million pounds a year to maintain -
there were massive problems & lost time.

They ended up going back to Micro$oft.

The school I worked for was Linux(Debian) based servers and Win/mac clients, never a problem. I built the IT system there. When I first started there were 2 PCs for students and a few office machines and just ad hoc peer to peer networking in the office. When I was fired for not being Christian, there were two labs of 32 PCs with spare laptops in case the class size exceeded that, a mobile rack of laptops, 12 laptops in the Library, every teacher with laptops win/mac, their choice, other tech like appletv, smart projectors, etc.

I had a teacher that helped me as IT coordinator, the shim between me and the staff and the person with the purse strings. I did most of the IT work and he helped greatly, one person part time, a teacher onsite, and most stuff could be done remotely, now they have gone to Win and have 2 people full time and one contractor.

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Re: update KB4091290 no mouse or keyboard
Reply #14 - Mar 18^th, 2018 at 9:03pm

Setanta wrote on Mar 18^th, 2018 at 8:57pm:

Bobby. wrote on Mar 18^th, 2018 at 2:40pm:

lee wrote on Mar 18^th, 2018 at 2:16pm:

Using one of the Linux products. They have a fair suite of programs. Most compatible with Windows.

You can even do a dual boot system and select which one you want at startup.

You can initially download to a memory stick and run it from there to see how you like it.

You can also run windows programs under the WINE app.

My previous company that I worked for had a Linux based server system for everyone - in the UK -
and it was costing half a million pounds a year to maintain -
there were massive problems & lost time.

They ended up going back to Micro$oft.

The school I worked for was Linux(Debian) based servers and Win/mac clients, never a problem. I built the IT system there. When I first started there were 2 PCs for students and a few office machines and just ad hoc peer to peer networking in the office.

Yet the specialists in the UK were run off their feet - go figure.

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