Lance, this article may give you some ideas
http://www.quepublishing.com/article...?p=339086&rl=1


"Lance McCord" <Lance McCord@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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?