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?

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?

Rich, thanks, but the problem persists after Windows restarts and reinstalls
the devices. When I click on the notice ("this device will perform
better...") I'm shown a list of 6 USB ports when my computer only has two. In
the device manager, I've got four USB Root Hubs and four controllers (only
one "Enhanced").

--Lance

"Rich Barry" wrote:

> 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?
>
>
>

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
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?