kay so feeling kinda like a silly goose. turns out that simply moving the mouse and keyboard to the usb ports under the ethernet port allows windows to recognized them (here).... so simple. everything is up and running now. thanks for all your help guys. really appreciate it. case closed.
My Computer
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Custom
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
- CPU
- i5 3570k
- Motherboard
- ga-z77x-ud3h
- Memory
- 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Gigabyte 7970 oc 3GB
- Hard Drives
- WD Blue 7200RPM 1TB x2