I was able to find both of those and get them installed. To no avail,
however. Guess I am stuck with my new USB PCI card. Thanks for all your
help.

Mike

"W_Thompson" <WThompson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4C26253F-B9EE-4346-BF37-786455A4AD95@microsoft.com...
>I found usb.inf in c:\i386 on my laptop running XP Pro although I think it
> might be in c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386 on my desktop running XP
> Home.
> It looks like installing usb.inf also copies usbd.sys to
> c:\windows\system32\drivers so I'd give it a try. If you can't find
> usb.inf
> anywhere on your pc, try searching for it on the web.
>
> Let me know how you go.
>
> "magmike @netterweb.com>" wrote:
>
>> I don't know if that will fix it or not, i'm currently searching for
>> those
>> files. usbd.sys is not present. I'm not sure where to get it. However, I
>> just went out and bought a USB PCI card, installed it, plugged in my
>> reader
>> into it, and now it works. The reader said it was compatible with USB
>> 1.1,
>> but for some reason it wasn't working. At a cost, I guess I have the
>> problem
>> solved. Unless you know where I can get these files you mentioned...
>>
>>
>> "W_Thompson" <WThompson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B41034DC-0D0B-4CA7-9482-C179BE35A7BC@microsoft.com...
>> > Do your other devices have manufacturer drivers instead of purely
>> > Windows
>> > drivers? It really looks like a Windows problem because you've already
>> > said
>> > the hardware works, therefore there's probably still some mileage in
>> > checking
>> > the usb drivers installed.
>> >
>> > I did a search on my pc for files named *usb*.* and found a particular
>> > one
>> > usbport.inf in c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386. If you've got it, try
>> > right
>> > clicking it then clicking Install. Hopefully that will give it a
>> > kick-start.
>> >
>> > Also see if you've got usbd.sys usbehci.sys usbport.sys and usbuhci.sys
>> > files in c:\windows\system32\drivers otherwise missing ones may stop
>> > the
>> > port
>> > working (other manufacturer's drivers may take over for your phone etc
>> > so
>> > they may still work).
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "magmike @netterweb.com>" wrote:
>> >
>> >> When I plug the card reader into my system, I get nothing. Absolutely
>> >> nothing. Neither is it listed in the Device Manager anywhere, nor do I
>> >> get a
>> >> hardware wizard when it is plugged in. Is there anything else that
>> >> could
>> >> be
>> >> wrong that Windows has no clue that I am plugging this thing in, yet
>> >> knows
>> >> when I plug in other devices through the USB?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "W_Thompson" <WThompson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:30545508-A84B-4942-9B6F-1188A0FECD3B@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Bear with me, I'm trying to remember what I did. I seem to recall
>> >> > the
>> >> > Found
>> >> > New Hardware Wiz popping up each time I connected my card reader, so
>> >> > when
>> >> > the
>> >> > wiz searched for drivers I pointed it to usbstor.sys. If you don't
>> >> > get
>> >> > the
>> >> > wiz, you should be able to see the reader in Device Manager and
>> >> > update
>> >> > the
>> >> > driver from there.
>> >> >
>> >> > As you can guess, I'm not an 'expert', just a fellow sufferer. Good
>> >> > luck.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "magmike @netterweb.com>" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> You were right, my desktop did not have the usbstor files in the
>> >> >> system32/drivers folder. I found them on my WindowsXP Cd and sent
>> >> >> them
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> the folder.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> So how do I point my USB port to them? Do I point the Host
>> >> >> Controller
>> >> >> and
>> >> >> the Root Hub? And how do I do it? I tried Updating the Driver, but
>> >> >> it
>> >> >> doesn't think it can find anything.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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