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by theconcection4

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Error Message ?USB device not recognized.? And goes to say that the device has malfunctioned and Windows does not recognize it. No matter what I plug in, at any of 4 ports, except the HP970cxi printer, which works fine. I have deleted the USB
Controllers and reinstalled them to no avail. The devices in question work fine when connected to a Laptop. What else can I do?

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by thechas

Which version of Windows?

And, what specific devices?

Although USB devices are supposed to be "plug and play" many USB devices require that you install software and drivers for the device before connecting it to your PC.

Windows 98 and Me recognize almost no USB devices without a driver installed.
Some of the newest thumb drives will not work under W98 unless you install a new USB card!

Windows 2000 and XP will recognize most USB storage drives. But need drivers for many other devices.

For Windows XP and 2000, installing service packs may disable a device driver and require downloading an updated driver from the device manufacture.

Chas

by hereinoz

With the devices that don't work, are you connecting them through the hub or connecting direct to the computer?

Not trying to be silly but it has happened that a client of mine was complaining that his machine had lost "all of its USB ports" when in reality, it was the hub that was faulty.

A 1% shot I know but I just thought I would mention it.

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