FLASH DRIVE FREEZES MY PC?

[Vanillaman]

I just bought a flash drive for my WinXP SP2 Home edition. As soon as I
inserted it, my computer froze and locked up. I've tried it in all my
additional USB ports and it remains the same. Even if I insert it prior to
boot up, Windows stops and freezes. My webcam works fine and the memory stick
light comes on, but the `New Hardware Detected' indicator doesn't even show.
I don't have anything else taking up USB ports other than my webcam. I've
tried it in other computers, not my own, and it worked fine.

This seems to be a mystery, which nobody seems to have an answer for?????

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Go to Start/Run, and type DEVMGMT.MSC , highlight the USB Root Hub devices,
Action menu, "Uninstall", then restart Windows, to find the device drivers
again automatically.

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"Vanillaman" > wrote in message
...
> I just bought a flash drive for my WinXP SP2 Home edition. As soon as I
> inserted it, my computer froze and locked up. I've tried it in all my
> additional USB ports and it remains the same. Even if I insert it prior to
> boot up, Windows stops and freezes. My webcam works fine and the memory
> stick
> light comes on, but the `New Hardware Detected' indicator doesn't even
> show.
> I don't have anything else taking up USB ports other than my webcam. I've
> tried it in other computers, not my own, and it worked fine.
>
> This seems to be a mystery, which nobody seems to have an answer for?????
>

[Vanillaman]

Hi Mark

I already tried that, but unfortunately it didn't cure the problem. Its a
complete mystery which nobody seems to know the answer to.

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> Go to Start/Run, and type DEVMGMT.MSC , highlight the USB Root Hub devices,
> Action menu, "Uninstall", then restart Windows, to find the device drivers
> again automatically.
>
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> Mark L. Ferguson
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>
> "Vanillaman" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I just bought a flash drive for my WinXP SP2 Home edition. As soon as I
> > inserted it, my computer froze and locked up. I've tried it in all my
> > additional USB ports and it remains the same. Even if I insert it prior to
> > boot up, Windows stops and freezes. My webcam works fine and the memory
> > stick
> > light comes on, but the `New Hardware Detected' indicator doesn't even
> > show.
> > I don't have anything else taking up USB ports other than my webcam. I've
> > tried it in other computers, not my own, and it worked fine.
> >
> > This seems to be a mystery, which nobody seems to have an answer for?????
> >