Fred, Did this issue come out of nowhere or did it appear after making any changes to your system? I'm now wondering if perhaps the Printer's driver or software is somehow interfering with the rest of the USB bus. Peace, Gman "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Ward" <fred.ward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 2:38 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: USB Problem > Thanks GMan, > > But no success yet. > > The correct drivers have been installed and updated from the motherboard > supplier and there are no network connections (other than the internet) > currently on the computer or any changes to network drives. > > SFC didn't find anything wrong, but when I tried to delete all the USB > connections and rebooted - I lost the lot. It couldn't install any USB > devices. > > Got back to where I started from with system restore. > > Now I'm completely baffled! > > Regards, > Fred --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------