USB Ports?

Question

My computer seems to have stopped detecting that it has any USB ports. I cannot install my printer, digital camera, or external hard drive. Windows displays a screen which shows green arrows against all the components required by the software I am trying to install except USB which shows a red cross. Installation stops. I have tried rebooting, switching off at the main switch, uninstalling anti-virus software - all to no avail. These items used to be installed but since having virus trouble I have not been able to re-install. Can anyone help with a solution, please?

Answer 1

hi duffer

this seems to be a common problem lately and no one can seem to find out why

initially the best solution is to uninstall the usb devices that are not working and allow windows to re-recognize them after a restart

to do this you need to remove all the drivers for the devices and then go into device manager and expand the usb entry and then right click each usb entry and select "uninstall",you will be prompted wether you wish to continue the uninstall..just click yes and restart your p.c

upon restart you will see all your usb devices and ports recognized by windows,and they will all be installed again

then its a case of going through each device(digital camera,printer,external hard drive) and install each driver/software for each device

the best way to do this is install each devices software and drivers and when all the devices drivers/software are installed then plug each device in one by one

as each device is plugged in it will locate its drivers and configure itself to windows

this is better than plugging the devices in and then installing the drivers and software,as theres more chance something will go wrong that way

another option is to remove all devices and the software as shown above>then do a system restore as far back as possible>then reinstall software and drivers and then plug in the hardware...this is the same as the above method but requires a system restore

any problems let me know

good luck duffer !

Answer 2

The reason for USB ports to not be detected by windows, usually happens when an update that has not installed properly, check the BIOS settings for your USB 2.0 make sure that they are enabled.



You may also want to see if the driver for the USB is installed correctly, you will need the disk that came with your computers motherboard or the motherboard make and modle to download new drivers for that board..



hope this helps you.

Answer 3

A USB port is a gadget that is effortless and helps severe % move between exterior units and your laptop. It has a narrow oblong structure. you ought to genuinely be able to make certain in case your laptop has one by skill of studying the front and again of it and searching for one of those gadget, yet you could also locate this by skill of going to the administration Panel and searching lower than device and going to the Hardware tab, then clicking "gadget manager". All forms of the hardware on your laptop will be displayed. If there's a sub class called "effortless Serial Bus Controllers", then there is truly one modern-day on your laptop. in case you do not have one, you're literally not thoroughly out of success. you could move to a laptop keep or place of work grant keep such as place of work Depot and purchase a cheap card with USB ports that you will be able to position in on your motherboard (I did this with an old laptop i purchased again in 1998). possibilities are severe in case your laptop become offered in 2001, it may have USB ports modern-day. i can not help too a lot with the cellular telephone question, yet there is likely a mechanism which prevents move from being this ordinary (they does not make any money otherwise). i do not provide suggestion on something unlawful except I disagree with the regulation; for that reason I do, yet regrettably i do not understand something about cellphones except the instantaneous move procedure.

Answer 4

I would say go into Driver Manager and make sure they are enabled. If you have done this, then try either looking for the updates drivers form the motherboard. If the USB ports are not on the motherboard then again, try finding the updates drivers.



This happened to me and the above didn't work because my motherboard company was outdated, so I choose a USB port that DID WORK and plugged in a USB extension.

Answer 5

try to restart the usb port hubs.

go to the taskbar (usualy along the bottom) press start > right click my computer and on the drop down menu select manage. > this should then open a new window. on this window go to device manager on the side panel under device manger in the left side panel (on vista H.P.). >

go down the list of computer hardware componants till you find the one labled " Universal Serial Bus Controllers." and expand it. > then if any of the items in this subsection have a little "!" mark by them. > right click > on the drop down go to properties > click on the driver tab in the new window. > select disable, wait a few moments , then enable when it allows you to do so.> click ok.



you can either reboot and start from there or try just to do what you wanted to do.



i hope this works for you :]

Answer 6

Go into the bios to see if the usb ports are enabled and not disabled mate.

Answer 7

Try going into the system BIOS and see if the ports are disabled or something



Start your computer and before windows loads...keep tapping F8 (varies depending on manafacturer)

Answer 8

go to device manager and RIGHT click on the ports and look at the options