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detect my USB OPTICAL MOUSE and USB keyboard I have a TOSHIBA SATELLITE Laptop with Vista OS. It detects pendrive and wireless optical mouse ( Toshiba make) . But when I connect my extenal USB optical

...unable to get any response from the keyboard. i tried to update the drivers, i tried reinstalling the drivers on a clean boot, nothing would do. but then i tried to use my computer with a classic usb ...