Ok I'll give it a shot.

I have several usb mice that I plug and play in explorer but don't work in litestep either. I have installed their drivers as well to no avail.

I think it has more then that to it though. I cannot use the keyboard to cycle through my icons on the desktop. I've tried an external keyboard as well. I have no input control whatsoever besides C+A+D. This is making me pull my hair out.