Donald,

Assuming that your USB ports were working before the following might help; 
most of the time I have had a problem with USBs after reinstalling  system, 
it has been that I have needed to also install the XP service packs. They 
origional XP did not have the best USB drivers.  If after doing that they 
have given me problems, I have just installed a USB PCI add-on card, (they 
come with a driver disk) some times they have come back to life.

Good Luck,
Wayne Ware

> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Mon, 25 Dec 2006 10:29:54 -0500
> From:    Donald DeWitt <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: USB Driver Question
>
> *After formatting and successfully reinstalling XP home addition from 
> the original CD on my computer hard drive there seems to be an issue 
> with the USB ports. When I give the command to upgrade the USB drivers 
> using the system Utilities CD, I receive a message that they already 
> exist. Even after replacing the drivers, the USB ports are not 
> recognized. Also in the Device
> Manager there are a few yellow question marks. How can I activate these
> drivers to get the USB ports working again?*
>
> *My system is a 5yr old Dell 4800 running XP Home addition. *
>
> *Donald DeWitt*
> *Deptford** NJ***

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