USB controllers with a yellow exclamation mark after restart error 10  

I have a problem with my usb ports for over a month. Only the ones in which the mouse and the keyboard work, for the rest I have to disable and enable the Intel(R) N10/ICH7 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 27C9, 27CA, 27CB, 27CC like in the picture below (before doing these steps). I have tried countless time to uninstall the driver and install it again for each port, and I also reinstalled my motherboard driver twice and I'm stuck with the same problem. I didn't have it before but I messed up my ports thanks to Oracle VM VirtualBox. I even tried that fix it thing from microsoft, and I still have the same problem. The only way to make the ports work is to disable and enable each of them, but I'd like them to stay enabled (So i wouldn't repeat these steps all over again after each restart). At Device status it says This device cannot start. (Code 10). My motherboard model is MSI g41m-p26. Thanks in advance for your help!

Have you got a restore point prior to installation of Virtual Box.

Roy

I don't have any restore point before installing virtual box.

Tried to update from cd drivers but it says The best drivers for your device is already installed. After that I found a box that said delete driver files, and after that it installed Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C9, 27CA and so on, but I still get This device cannot start. (Code 10)error after restart and i have to disable and enable them again. Can it be fixed through task scheduler, Services or System Configuration?

Right click any one of the problem controllers->Properties->Details tab. Use the pull down menu and look carefully if Class Upper Filters or Class Lower Filters exist. If yes, select then copy/paste the information displayed about the filters

It only has Class upper filters and the Value box is empty.

Create a system restore point.

Open an elevated command prompt enter regedit

Navigate to

Code:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}

If you're in the right spot you should see key Class with value USB (as in pic below). I'm guessing you'll also see another key named Upper Filters with a blank value? In any case, delete the Upper Filters key and restart your computer

Wow, it worked, problem solved. Thanks a lot!

You're most welcome! Glad i was able to help :)

One more thing, I managed somehow to create another useless Removable Disk (the circled one), and anytime I add an USB device it shows another one. How can I get rid of the first one (without the Hide empty drives in the Computer folder from Folder option)?



Later edit: Solved by deleting from Disk Management.