Controller drops connection

[Alhanelem]

I updated the firmware on the controller, and now it drops out less often, but when it does it is way worse now: it doesn't come back for a long time (1+ minutes), and the keyboard also doesn't work properly: ctrl and alt keys don't pop up menus, but escape and the arrow keys seem to work sporadically.

You know it might possibly be a bad windows update or something. My USB headset has been dropping out randomly. Not specifically with FFXI, but it's an odd coincidence. It only started happening recently.