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Human Interface Device Service Missing

Anonymous
2022-01-18T01:26:58+00:00

After trying to set my ram to its factory speed in my motherboard bios, I had my PC bluescreen on me. This was no big deal, and after restoring my default ram settings I was able to boot into windows just fine. However, a side affect of the BSOD was that I lost use of my keyboards media keys. The media keys on my keyboard still work when I plug them into another computer, but even when I try to use other keyboards with my PC, their media keys are still not detected. Upon further research I found that when I went into services.msc, Human Device Interface Service is missing entirely. How can I get this back, and subsequently fix my media keys?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-01-18T02:04:56+00:00

    Hi Lukas_S_S,

    Good day! This is Jhakesong and I will be happy to assist you with this.

    I am sorry to hear about the inconvenience. The application for the service might have gotten corrupted. I suggest running a system file check and an image fix of windows. Here's how:

    Run System File Checker

    1. Press Windows key + S, this will open search
    2. Type cmd, run command prompt as administrator
    3. Enter this command and press enter: sfc /scannow
    4. Wait for the process to finish and reboot your computer.

    Run windows image fix.

    1. Press Windows key + S, this will open search
    2. Type cmd, run command prompt as administrator
    3. Enter this command and press enter: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
    4. Wait for the process to finish and reboot your computer.
    5. Check if the issue still persists.

    If the above does not work, I suggest performing an upgrade repair of windows. Here's a guide:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

    Let me know how it goes. Have a great day!

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-01-18T05:00:45+00:00

    Thanks JhakeSong!

    Running the command prompts didn't end up fixing the problem, but after installing a repair upgrade I was able to get it working again.

    Your help is greatly appreciated!

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