I just upgraded to Vista and when I plug anything that uses USB ports into
the PC they're not detected at all. The lights come on on the devices, but
that's all.

Here are a couple of links to get you going.
http://www.thedave.ca/wordpress/inde...tion-problems/
and
http://www.infdump.com/download-inf-.../download.html

"Plague" wrote in message
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I just upgraded to Vista and when I plug anything that uses USB ports into
the PC they're not detected at all. The lights come on on the devices, but
that's all.

I tried both, neither seemed to help.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

Here are a couple of links to get you going.
http://www.thedave.ca/wordpress/inde...tion-problems/
and
http://www.infdump.com/download-inf-.../download.html

"Plague" wrote in message
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I just upgraded to Vista and when I plug anything that uses USB ports into
the PC they're not detected at all. The lights come on on the devices, but
that's all.

Take a look at this hotfix and see if this is your problem. This is what I
had when running USB devices...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940199/en-us


--
John

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"Plague" wrote in message
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I tried both, neither seemed to help.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

Here are a couple of links to get you going.
http://www.thedave.ca/wordpress/inde...tion-problems/
and
http://www.infdump.com/download-inf-.../download.html

"Plague" wrote in message
...
I just upgraded to Vista and when I plug anything that uses USB ports
into
the PC they're not detected at all. The lights come on on the devices,
but
that's all.

I'm not even receiving an error message. It just acts like I never plugged
anything in.
PS/2 works however, but Ethernet is the same as USB.

"John Lechmanik" wrote:

Take a look at this hotfix and see if this is your problem. This is what I
had when running USB devices...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940199/en-us


--
John

To reply direct, remove the REMOVEME in the signature.


"Plague" wrote in message
...
I tried both, neither seemed to help.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

Here are a couple of links to get you going.
http://www.thedave.ca/wordpress/inde...tion-problems/
and
http://www.infdump.com/download-inf-.../download.html

"Plague" wrote in message
...
I just upgraded to Vista and when I plug anything that uses USB ports
into
the PC they're not detected at all. The lights come on on the devices,
but
that's all.

Make sure there are such files in this folder:

Directory of C:\Windows\Inf
angelusb.inf angelusb.PNF
irstusb.inf irstusb.PNF
stusb2ir.inf stusb2ir.PNF
usb.inf usb.PNF
usbccid.inf usbccid.PNF
usbcir.inf usbcir.PNF
usbport.inf usbport.PNF
usbprint.inf usbprint.PNF
usbstor.inf usbstor.PNF
usbvideo.inf usbvideo.PNF
wceusbsh.inf wceusbsh.PNF
wdma_usb.inf wdma_usb.PNF
winusb.inf winusb.PNF
26 File(s) 1,113,306 bytes
3 Dir(s) 53,645,410,304 bytes free
[usbhub]

Make sure there are such drivers:
Directory Windows\System32\drivers\
usb8023.sys USBAUDIO.sys
USBCAMD.sys USBCAMD2.sys
usbccgp.sys usbcir.sys
usbd.sys usbehci.sys
usbhub.sys usbohci.sys
usbport.sys usbprint.sys
USBSTOR.SYS usbuhci.sys
14 File(s) 857,472 bytes

In one of my Vistas 6 files were missing in the first directory and one
driver in second.

Although I fixed that it did not resolve the story completely. I had this
problem for many years in XP and then in Vista.

What I ended up doing after a person from another forum suggested me to do
was to purchase a Belkin Internal 5-Port USB PCI card. He purchased
Belkin's. I did not quite trust the maker but went for his pointer. It
resolved the eissue completely. I removed a firewire PCI card in the back
that I never used and plugged in Belkin. It isntalled itself and I've never
had any problems since.

This card and similar cards by other makers allow for the 5-th USB port to
be engaged. It is not exposed to the elements. It faces the internals of the
computer. However, if you have a floppy you do not need you can buy another
External USB card (not PCI) and mount it up front ripping off the floppy
drive. Thus you will have 8 fully functional USB ports and they will all
work.

I did it on 2 machines so far. I do not need to use the 5th, internal port.
I now have plenty.

"Plague" wrote in message
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I'm not even receiving an error message. It just acts like I never plugged
anything in.
PS/2 works however, but Ethernet is the same as USB.

"John Lechmanik" wrote:

Take a look at this hotfix and see if this is your problem. This is what
I
had when running USB devices...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940199/en-us


--
John

To reply direct, remove the REMOVEME in the signature.


"Plague" wrote in message
...
I tried both, neither seemed to help.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

Here are a couple of links to get you going.
http://www.thedave.ca/wordpress/inde...tion-problems/
and
http://www.infdump.com/download-inf-.../download.html

"Plague" wrote in message
...
I just upgraded to Vista and when I plug anything that uses USB ports
into
the PC they're not detected at all. The lights come on on the
devices,
but
that's all.