USB Device Not Recognized

[violent_anger]

USB Device Not Recognized
One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it.

I get this pop-up whenever i try to plug in my flash drive, external drive, or printer for the USB ports. I do have a Logitech thing that controls the keyboard and mouse, and that one works. I tried updating the drivers, and it says that there are no better drivers available. I tried uninstalling them and restarting the computer, and the problem is still there. What should i do now? My brother said that i should uninstall the driver software on Windows and then reinstall it, but I'm not sure if it will automatically reinstall, and if it doesn't, I don't know where to get it.

 

[Erebus Kronos]

Have you check if the drive might be the problem? Meaning the drive I mean the port where you plug the USB into. My comp did the same thing. As for the Uninstalling an reinstalling you might want to go to microsoft.com. They might have something there, thats if you have windows.

 

[Saiou Takuma]

On my PC, when I plug in the printer, it comes up with the same thing, but it still works. See if the stuff works anyway

 

[violent_anger]

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anyways, yeah, my brother did some tinkering and added 2 extra ports. it might be one reason, but i doubt that that's the entire problem. i'll check microsoft.

 

[ViVi94]

Funny how theres always Someone in the family who always tries to fix something and manages to break it ever more, anyway, do you think the USB devices are broke, maybe you need certain kinds of USB devices for your computer?

 

[Deleted member 36435]

Some USB devices, (E.G. PS3 Controller) don't work on PC's. Sometimes, you need to DL programs off the internet.

 

[Azurith]

In the case of usb-storage devices, mostly flash drives, you don't need to 'download' drivers for them.
This is because the drivers are on the device itself. The drivers cannot be removed, most of the time.. so the chance of actually accidently 'deleting' such is null.

So you should easily be able to uninstall and 'reinstall' the drivers for the flash drives.
(Just connecting the device, windows should find the drivers.)

The one device you will have the most trouble with is the usb-printer..

~~Azurith

 

[violent_anger]

well, the flash drive, at least, works on another computer in the house, so i'm pretty sure the problem is with my computer, not the drives. my brother is going to get around to reinstalling the drives on the computer.