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USB mouse and keyboard unresponsive in Windows Recovery Environment
USB mice and keyboards may not work inside the Windows Recovery Environment after the October 2025 security update.
ResolvedC3 · Microsoft confirmedMajor impactSnapshot checked 2026-10-25
Does this match your environment?
- Windows scope
- 24H2 / 25H2
- Architecture
- Unknown — not universal
- App / driver
- USB input in WinRE
- Conditions
- USB input devices within WinRE only; the running operating system is not affected.
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Evidence & current resolution
Microsoft lists this scope as resolved on 2025-10-20. Resolving update: KB5070773.
- Evidence ID
- official-winre-usb-input
- Source groups
- 1 · official publication
- Evidence basis
- Manually reviewed public source; no independent device test
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Recorded timeline
2025-10-14
Originating update released
KB50668352025-10-20
Official resolution recorded
KB5070773
2026-10-25
Snapshot reviewed
Added to this curated collection. Earlier acknowledgement time was not independently captured.
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