Windows XP freezes when USB mouse/keyboard are attached but not when a serial set is attached

Windows XP SP2 freezes when it's rebooting and the desktop starts showing.
Up to this point I can move the mouse and then the computer freezes. This
happens only when I am connected using a USB mouse and keyboard (through a
hub). The system reboots fine when there's another set of serial mouse and
keyboard attached. At this point there are two sets of mice and keyboards.
One USB and one serial.

I am trying to find out why the system freezes when the USB only set is
attached.

John Dalberg

I'm not sure if this will solve your problem, but it did solve the same
problem for me. Try using another USB port . For some reason one of my hub
ports isn't 100% reliable.

"John Dalberg" wrote:

> Windows XP SP2 freezes when it's rebooting and the desktop starts showing.
> Up to this point I can move the mouse and then the computer freezes. This
> happens only when I am connected using a USB mouse and keyboard (through a
> hub). The system reboots fine when there's another set of serial mouse and
> keyboard attached. At this point there are two sets of mice and keyboards.
> One USB and one serial.
>
> I am trying to find out why the system freezes when the USB only set is
> attached.
>
> John Dalberg
>

John Dalberg wrote:
> Windows XP SP2 freezes when it's rebooting and the desktop starts showing.
> Up to this point I can move the mouse and then the computer freezes. This
> happens only when I am connected using a USB mouse and keyboard (through a
> hub). The system reboots fine when there's another set of serial mouse and
> keyboard attached. At this point there are two sets of mice and keyboards.
> One USB and one serial.
>
> I am trying to find out why the system freezes when the USB only set is
> attached.
>
> John Dalberg

If the computer is less than 2 years old, I would go into
the BIOS and check the boot order. A friend of mine's Micron
desktop had USB devices before the hard disk. If a USB
device was connected, it would either not boot at all or
take 10+ minutes to get to the Windows boot screen.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

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