we'll try removing all the unique device information from the USB parameters and let Windows rebuild it.
First step, Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Restore. Create a restore point and name it something like "Before USB Fix". This is to bail you out if something goes wrong during the following process and makes things worse.
OPEN NOTEPAD...copy and paste the text between the lines ...
click on
file...then...
save as.. on the left side click on
desktop...then in the file name box type in
FIX.REG then in the box below that save as type..
all files...then click
save...you should see a new icon on your desktop ...double click it to run it..
should look like mine
-------------------------- Use text after this line --------------------------------
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment]
"DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES"="1"
-------------------------- Use text before this line --------------------------------
Double click on FIX.REG and say
yes to the Merge Into Registry question
Unplug ALL USB devices.Open Device Manager.
View, Show Hidden Devices.
Uninstall all devices under USB Controllers.
Uninstall any HP or unknown device under Printers.
If you have a yellow ? with unknown devices, uninstall all of the entries there as well.
When this is done, reboot TWICE....NOTE: If you have a USB keyboard and/or mouse, you'll have to modify the instructions and leave enough parts for those to function.
Edited by happyrck, 19 January 2008 - 08:02 AM.