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Lost all USB in Windows 10 after 22H2 update - need help badly
Hi everyone,
I have a huge problem after the 22H2 update: as soon as windows (10 Pro) starts loading, all USB are disabled. I end up on desktop with no keyboard, no mouse and no means do do anything but shutdown (power button is configured to shut down Windows if pressed).
In UEFI all USB work just fine, same if I boot the installation media or Win PE (Kyhi) so I would rule out any hardware failure.
The computer has no PS2 or serial port and just one 16x PCI-e slot intended for a video card. I tried to put there a PCIE-USB card, it was detected by the UEFI but did not load the driver under Windows.
I also tried various UEFI settings for USB, tried to boot with CSM on etc. No go. I did reset the BIOS via the jumper but could not remove the battery as it involves tearing down the whole thing.
Managed to boot in safe mode by interrupting the startup 3 times etc but computer loses USB as soon as it starts loading Windows (mouse light disappears as soon as the circle starts spinning on the screen). I had no USB in safe mode.
I tried to uninstall the damn update from the advanced startup mode but got an error message basically saying it cannot do it.
The problem is that I have an awful lot of programs installed, some of them involving massive downloads to reinstall etc. So reinstalling Windows would be an absolutely last resort. If anyone has any idea how to manage to get Windows to update the chipset drivers (I suppose the update messed them up) or any other troubleshooting idea please help. Thank you!