Mouse AND keyboard not working

[aprilsprings29]

I was having a lot of trouble with my USB ports and my keyboard was not working because of it. So I went to device manager and tried to disable and enable the devices. I accidentally disabled the universal host controller. Now I don't have a mouse or a keyboard to fix it and I need to enable it again. My problem is I have no clue how since I don't have a keyboard or a mouse that's working. My computer won't recognize them. I have Windows XP Home Edition.

[Aegis]

Welcome to the forums!

Have you tried booting into Safe Mode?  (As the computer boots up, you press the F8 key repeatedly until you get the boot options menu.) 

You should get a black screen with white text that is titled "Windows Advanced Options Menu."  Please select Safe Mode and see if you can use the keyboard and mouse in safe mode, and then perhaps re-enable the USB.

[aprilsprings29]

Thanks!

Okay, so now I'm in safe mode but only the keyboard is working now. I'm using an old keyboard that doesn't use a USB port and it doesn't have a start key. I'm not sure what to do now since I can only maneuver by the keyboard?

[Broni]

Restart in normal mode, and see, if mouse will get re-detected.

[Denzle]

i had a problem similar to this..sort of, i had a USB mouse and a regular keyboard but, i dont remember which it was, one of them wasnt working or maybe both werent working. My bro just took me to the store and i bought a new keyboard (Saitek eclipse with LEDs same color as my towers front..plasticy picture things.) that attatched through USB and everything worked fine you might have to do that, my keybord was $30 but im sure you can find one cheaper..or maybe not im not exactly up-to-date with keyboard prices