Re: Reinstalled Windows and now USB hardware no longer works

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From: Cari \(MS-MVP\) (Newsgroups1_at_coribright.com)
Date: 09/25/04


Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 10:37:53 -0700

Try Uninstalling the USB Controllers completely and then reboot the PC. XP
should re-find and reinstall the USB ports.

You will also have to redownload the correct drivers for each hardware
device and install them BEFORE connecting the devices to the USB ports.

-- 
Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com
"Sara" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:278901c4a277$c7a454a0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>I had already done that, but it still didn't work
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Right click on the My Computer and select Properties.
> Click on the
>>Hardware tab and then on Device Manager.  Find the
> entries for the USB
>>Controllers and click on each in turn, on the Drivers
> tab, click on Update
>>Driver.  Remember that you will have to reinstall SP1
> (or SP2 which includes
>>SP1) to regain USB2.0 drivers.
>>-- 
>>Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
>>www.coribright.com
>>
>>"Sara" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
>>news:048401c4a1df$ea2c7ea0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>> As the subject line stated, I just reinstalled Windows
>>> because of some stupid error.  No format, just
>>> reinstalled overtop.  I know that there are problems
> with
>>> that, but I've overcome most of them.  Just recently I
>>> realized that none of my USB autoinstall drivers
> work.  I
>>> have a gamevoice, a memory key and a creative web cam
>>> that all worked fine and dandy before reinstallation.
> Is
>>> there any way I can fix this?  Could the drivers be on
>>> the Windows disk?  If so, where?
>>>
>>> This is very frustrating b/c I am a full time student
>>> that no longer has access to her memory key
> information.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>
> 


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