Laptop Help Needed

[Dickson]

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/f...name=c00035553

see if that helps

[derivation]

What kind of laptop is it? Operating System? How old is the laptop? Did you change anything recently that you think could affect it?

My recommendation, not knowing any of the above, would be to find drivers made by the manufactorer. If I had to wager a guess, I'd think that windows updated something transparently, and that affected your USB somehow.

Hopefully Dickson's link will help and you won't need to worry about it.

[bard]

I just got through fighting my desktop for not seeing my daughter's new ipod through known good usb ports. Even after updating the drivers from the mobo mfg site, it still wouldn't work. I stumbled across someone else's solution to a similar problem and it worked for me. Turn off the computer and disconnect any and all power sources (battery, wall plug, etc) and let the residual power drain (I hit the power button a few times). Reconnect the power, fire it back up and then reconnect your usb device. I don't know why, but it worked for me.

[MCsommerreid]

Reinstall drivers from the manufacturer without letting windows do it. OEM laptops can be REALLY picky about drivers. And windows screws up my driver installs even when its right to install them that way.

[Bassfever]

which windows are you running?

[Bassfever]

you could check this out

go to

START/CONTROL PANEL/SYSTEM/HARDWARE/DEVICE MANAGER

Then scroll down to usb controllers and click the + to drop down items. Look for any devices in trouble and delete them from there and restart.

[cinda]

High jack:
I downloaded the new explorer 7 browser and now I am getting error notices. It says that yahoo has no solutions to fix the problem but I should up date my yahoo browser now. That should be easy but I just can not find where the new browser to download is.

I fixed my problem. INTERNET explorer 7 is not meshing with a lot of different programs. I unloade it and all is back to normal. :)

[cinda]

you could check this out

go to

START/CONTROL PANEL/SYSTEM/HARDWARE/DEVICE MANAGER

Then scroll down to usb controllers and click the + to drop down items. Look for any devices in trouble and delete them from there and restart.

If that does not work call the tech support that your PC is associated with I found them to be the most helpful. I know it is like when a guy is lost he hates to stop and ask for directions but just think of the tech support as a GPS unit...very private.