This doesn't sound like a Vista problem, and I had Vista 64-bit on my HP
laptop without any such problems. I'd get that laptop checked out by a
repair shop if I were you.

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"crazyman196" <crazyman196.2xcb95@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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> I have a HP laptop that initially recognized my cingular (at&t) 8525 but
> now it wont (via usb connection). My xp machines recognize it - havent
> tried it on another vista machine. It doesnt even recognize a usb device
> is attached. However when I connect my usb hard drive that works fine,
> Any ideas?
>
> Also almost every flashdrive I have attached to any USB port on the
> laptop has been toasted. I used all sandisks - havent tried another
> brand (they all have the U3 crap on them. I did use sandisks remove
> utility and it formated the drive as a blank data drive - when I
> attached the drive - the light came on for a second and then went off.
> Vista wouldnt recognize the flashdrive and then neither would XP. I
> heard that 64 bit vista has a problem with flashdrives.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated, Oh I renamed the infcache.1 file -still
> no difference
>
> Any brand of flashdrive work with vista 64 bit?
>
> Oh my 32 bit vista desktop trashed a sandisk flashdrive (sandisk micro
> 2 gig) too
>
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