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by paperwadd

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systray keeps popping up a message balloon on my Dell 600 that states "USB device not recognized. The funny thing is....there is no device plugged in for it to "not recognize". USB devices do work fine when then are plugged in but the message constantly pops up almost every 5 seconds.

ANY THOUGHTS!?!?!?! I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling, USB drivers.

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by caestelle

I have seen the problem you are talking about before if the improper USB controller driver was installed. I know you uninstalled and reinstalled the driver, but it could still be the wrong driver(Dell doesn't always use consistent hardware across the entire model).
If you right click on "My Computer" and go to properties, click on the "Hardware" tab and then click on the "Device Manager" button, does anything in their have a yellow question mark or exclamation point. If so, go to the following website and enter your service tag number and then download look for the option to download the missing/wrong driver.

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd

You may have already done this, but just in case you haven't...give it shot.

by heropin

I had the same problem on my Sony VAIO notebook with Windows Vista Home Premium and finally found this easy solution on the web.
1. Shut down computer
2. Unplug computer from the power source (remove the power adapter)
3. Wait a few minutes
4. Turn on computer
5. Plug computer to power source

No more messages about the USB not recognized and nothing is plugged in.

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