Hi,
After some recent updates to Windows XP, I am finding that the USB
controllers on my motherboard are not working. Please note that when I first
finished the installation of XP, all was fine.

Now, when the computer is booted up, it fails I believe to start the Human
Interface Device Service, and I notice a single bang (exclamation mark) next
to the root USB Hub Controller. If I then go into Device Manager, remove this
device, and then re-add it, all works fine.

Please note that this has also happened at my work on approximately 50-100
new laptop computer. The same Messages are not displayed, however, if the
client installs a USB memory stick, soon as the stick is picked up, it drops
out. In many cases, you cannot even get enough time to format the drive even!

I believe that a recent Microsoft Hotfix may have caused this problem, and I
have contacted Microsoft directly, to no avail. This simly HAS to be a
Microsoft issue, as in my workplace it has affected so many computers, and my
newest box at home is RADICALLY different to what I use here at work.

I can give this about another week, but I need my USB devices, and I'm not
relishing having to shift 60 gigabytes of my data to do a reinstall of
windows XP.

Thanks all.
--
Many thanks,

Andrew.

Try a system restore back to a time period when there was no issues, then add updates 1 by 1 to find
the one the update that is causing you problems.
--
Dave Vair
CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+

"Andrew Tucker" <AndrewTucker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:79568CDE-9CB6-449B-AE5E-1DDF93E7B588@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> After some recent updates to Windows XP, I am finding that the USB
> controllers on my motherboard are not working. Please note that when I first
> finished the installation of XP, all was fine.
>
> Now, when the computer is booted up, it fails I believe to start the Human
> Interface Device Service, and I notice a single bang (exclamation mark) next
> to the root USB Hub Controller. If I then go into Device Manager, remove this
> device, and then re-add it, all works fine.
>
> Please note that this has also happened at my work on approximately 50-100
> new laptop computer. The same Messages are not displayed, however, if the
> client installs a USB memory stick, soon as the stick is picked up, it drops
> out. In many cases, you cannot even get enough time to format the drive even!
>
> I believe that a recent Microsoft Hotfix may have caused this problem, and I
> have contacted Microsoft directly, to no avail. This simly HAS to be a
> Microsoft issue, as in my workplace it has affected so many computers, and my
> newest box at home is RADICALLY different to what I use here at work.
>
> I can give this about another week, but I need my USB devices, and I'm not
> relishing having to shift 60 gigabytes of my data to do a reinstall of
> windows XP.
>
> Thanks all.
> --
> Many thanks,
>
> Andrew.

I have no usb driver or a system speaker driver installed on my computer
after having it worked on and I do not know how to install them or where to
go to get them to install. My system restore will not go back far enough to
help.

"David Vair" wrote:

> Try a system restore back to a time period when there was no issues, then add updates 1 by 1 to find
> the one the update that is causing you problems.
> --
> Dave Vair
> CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+
>
> "Andrew Tucker" <AndrewTucker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:79568CDE-9CB6-449B-AE5E-1DDF93E7B588@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > After some recent updates to Windows XP, I am finding that the USB
> > controllers on my motherboard are not working. Please note that when I first
> > finished the installation of XP, all was fine.
> >
> > Now, when the computer is booted up, it fails I believe to start the Human
> > Interface Device Service, and I notice a single bang (exclamation mark) next
> > to the root USB Hub Controller. If I then go into Device Manager, remove this
> > device, and then re-add it, all works fine.
> >
> > Please note that this has also happened at my work on approximately 50-100
> > new laptop computer. The same Messages are not displayed, however, if the
> > client installs a USB memory stick, soon as the stick is picked up, it drops
> > out. In many cases, you cannot even get enough time to format the drive even!
> >
> > I believe that a recent Microsoft Hotfix may have caused this problem, and I
> > have contacted Microsoft directly, to no avail. This simly HAS to be a
> > Microsoft issue, as in my workplace it has affected so many computers, and my
> > newest box at home is RADICALLY different to what I use here at work.
> >
> > I can give this about another week, but I need my USB devices, and I'm not
> > relishing having to shift 60 gigabytes of my data to do a reinstall of
> > windows XP.
> >
> > Thanks all.
> > --
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Andrew.
>
>
>