All USB controllers/devices not finding drivers  

I didn't see where you said that you ran DriveCleanup (1st line in post 8)

If you did not see it, please run that now, restart and see if things improve on the USB issue.

I'll look at the event logs you posted.

Thanks,

Bill
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Housekeeping: Run this MS Fixit to clear up the erroneous WMI 10.

https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2545227/en-us

Scroll down to Fix it for me and click the button above

Fix this problem
Microsoft Fix it 50688

There were a few things in the application logs that suggest a course of action.

1) Uninstall Kraken

2) Clear out your %TEMP% folder

restart the machine - anything working?

No, try creating a new user profile and logging in with that ID.

I have to look at the system log, so let me know if I can stop looking at logs

Bill
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Ok, it happens to all of us - "Gee, I missed that one important line"

I blame it on my cheap dollar $tore glasses, but I think people are catching on to that

Booted into safe mode and cleaned the files in %TEMP% that I couldn't remove in normal mode.

Hmmmm, intriguing.

Ok ... try this

Launch System Configuration (msconfig)

Services tab:

Hide all Microsoft services
Press the [Disable All] button

Startup tab: Press the [Disable All] button

save and restart

For the remainder of these exercises, restart the machine after you complete a suggestion
- I'll add a line if I DO NOT want you to restart :)

Bill
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