I just bought a flash drive for my WinXP SP2 Home edition. As soon as I inserted it, my computer froze and locked up. I’ve tried it in all my additional USB ports and it remains the same. Even if I insert it prior to boot up, Windows stops and freezes. My webcam works fine and the memory stick light comes on, but the `New Hardware Detected’ indicator doesn’t even show. I don’t have anything else taking up USB ports other than my webcam. I’ve tried it in other computers, not my own, and it worked fine.
This seems to be a mystery, which nobody seems to have an answer for?????