[Andybikecrazy]

I have a problem with a computer not recognizing USB devices. When I plug in a USB thumb drive, the computer makes the chime that a hardware device is connected, but nevershows up in my computer or pops up the install new hardware wizard. It does the same thing for other USB devices. I can't figure out what the problem is. I know its not the USB thumb drive because the devices I have tried work in other computers fine. I checked in device manager for conflicts in the USB host controller and it said it was working properly. The computer is running XP Pro. Any ideas? Thanks!

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are all of the usb devices you're trying thumb drives? (usb storage?)
if so...plug it in and right click on my computer > manage > disk management > does the drive show up there?

[dsenette]

are all of the usb devices you're trying thumb drives? (usb storage?)
if so...plug it in and right click on my computer > manage > disk management > does the drive show up there?

[Andybikecrazy]

yes it did show up there... and thats where I fixed the problem. For some reason the thumb drive was trying to use the same drive letter as a network drive... changed the letter and it showed up in my computer... problem solved.

[dsenette]

i've got a few pc's here at work (like...3 out of 100) that no matter what usb drive you plug in...it wont' assign a drive letter..or it tries to assign one that's in use...no explanation for it...i've even gone as far as formatting and reinstalling on one...and it worked for a little while..but then started back up with the same response...once i go in and assign the thing a letter...any time they plug THAT usb drive in...it get's that letter...so i don't worry about it too badly...though would be nice to know why it does it....

glad you got yours working