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by muchenjeri

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hi
I'm using Vista Home Premium on a Dell. Suddenly, my computer cannot open my flash memory sticks - they open well on other XP computers. Also, I have a mouse that I plug on one of the USB ports and its working well.
I tried updating drivers, and all mention they are up to date.

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by hal 9000

[b]Undocumented Features of Vista new Security.[/b]

The bottom line is that Vista computers don't like to share things and they throw temper tantrums when forced to. You may find a workaround listed on the Windows Vista Community here

http://preview.tinyurl.com/yt8adb

But I'm not sure if M$ currently has a solution available though they are currently working on a Service Pack that is due for release within the next 6 months or so.

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