Lance, disconnect all USB devices. Then rt click MyComputer>select
Properties>Hardware>Device Manager>USB Controllers. Expand and rt click on
each one and choose Uninstall. Finally restart and let XP reinstall them.
Reconnect the
devices.
"Lance McCord" <Lance McCord@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A0F41190-FE46-4CB4-8229-B6385BDA00AD@microsoft.com...
> Recently I've been getting "This device will perform better if it were
> plugged in to a USB 2.0 port" messages when I'm using: (a) USB 2.0 devices
> that have worked as 2.0 before; with (b) USB 2.0 cables that have worked
> as
> 2.0 before; plugged into (c) USB 2.0 ports that have been 2.0 since I
> bought
> the computer.
>
> How can I get my WinXP machine to go back to recognizing that it only has
> USB 2.0?