I have no idea who your 'reliable' source is, but I assure you that ALL my
USB devices on ALL my Vista SP1 PCs are still working just perfectly. So I
suggest your 'reliable' source might not be quite as 'reliable' as you seem
to think.

My USB devices include:
Multiple printers
Multiple card readers
Microsoft web cam
Multiple external hard drives
Multiple external floppy drives
Multiple scanners
PocketPC
SmartPhone
Zune

etc etc
--
Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/windows

"quickie" wrote in message
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i am reliably told that vista sp1 has knocked out some if not all usb
devices, hence the reasons why its probably not working