mouse stops working

none of the power planning ssettings are on. the power scheme is set as energy star

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Well, clearly the usb ports are losing power at some point. Again, you need to try safe mode.

When in safe mode the keyboard and mouse work fine but my wireless reciever doesn't turn on

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Then it's either a program starting with Windows that is interfering with the usb ports or it is something in the power setting that is shutting off the usb ports after a period of time. You can open msconfig and on the startup tab choose "selective startup" (disable everything from loading) and reboot. If things work as expected, start enabling the processes one at a time, rebooting after each, until the problem recurs. You'll have identified the culprit. You can also look again through the power options.

It won't solve the problem, but you could use a PS/2 mouse and keyboard, if possible. this can help you diagnose what's happening when the ports lose power (perhaps the driver has problems?).