Hi all- Yesterday I defragged. I was doing some work on the computer, noticed the defrag was done and when to click 'View Report'. I looked it over, when to click 'Close', and my wireless mouse locked up. It will not unfreeze. I have plugged it into a different USB port, tried a different mouse, rebooted--nothing. On a couple of the reboots, the system annouced that it couldn't detect a keyboard. It is detecting it now, though. I can't log on, even when CTL-ALT-DEL pulls up a log-on page. [I guess I forgot my password?] The last boot up showed a 'Windows Registry Recovery' box which said that 'One of the files containing the system Registry Date had to be recovered by use of a log or alternate copy. The recovery was successful." But still, no mouse. All cables look fine, the mouse's USB connector is lite, the mouse is on--I'm clueless. Any ideas? Thanks

The simplest thing you could do is a system restore in safemode. Go back to before the defrag. Microsoft, where quality is job 1.1. ~Author Unknown

You shouldn't really be using the computer while performing a defrag.

You are right, OtheHill. Lesson learned.

Thank you, Yellowbelt. I had the same thought. But I can't get it to boot up in Safemode. I only get the boot up list. Any ideas from this point? Thanks

When you get to the advanced options list, is that with a wireless keyboard and mouse or wired? Can you get into the bios? If yes then we are talking about a driver issue here. Microsoft, where quality is job 1.1. ~Author Unknown

I got to System Restore, restored to two days ago, but still no mouse. When posting, I briefly see 'No Keyboard Detected'. But the keyboard was working, otherwise I couldn't have done a restore. Should I run the XP disk? Perhaps it can resintall the keyboard and mouse?? Thanks