You may wish to try uninstalling the software of the webcam and memory stick
and reinstall it see if that can cause the USB to switch back on
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All the Best
Josh Chandler
http://www.techoriphic.com


"M" wrote:

> "murph399" <murph399@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6C7E2594-1A73-45BB-A88E-56D46DD4157E@microsoft.com...
> >
> >
> > tried restoring back a couple of times, disabled usb controllers and
> > rebooted, all to no avail. even took the drastic step of system recovery.
> > still the same. took webcam and memory sticks to a mates and tested on his
> > comp, worked fine there. totally out of ideas now
>
> Probably the only thing left is to check that USB hasn't become disabled in
> the BIOS. If this is OK then it sounds like a hardware fault. You could
> add a USB controller card if you have a spare PCI slot.
>
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