The USB ports on my PC mysteriously stopped working. My printer was working erratically. My LG envTouch's connection to my PC was working erratically.
It got worse and worse and finally stopped.
At first, I thought it was a hardware problem. After doing a full Vista reinstall, I can definitely say it was 100% a Windows problem. After fiddling with the reinstall and Windows Update and installing drivers, everything's working fine again.
It seems that the "USB driver plug and play" area of Vista got corrupted.
I tried some online help suggestions, which only made things worse.
I tried "repair Vista install", but that didn't work. I had to do a full reinstall.
In prior versions of Windows, the reinstall was done in place over the old version. That's not what Vista did. It completely blew away the Windows directory, and my "program files" directory. I now have to reinstall everything.
I've noticed that, when using Windows, you have to do a "full OS reinstall" every 2-3 years. I guess I was due.
I'm seriously thinking of making my next PC be Linux.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Had To Reinstall Vista - USB Ports Stopped Working
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I'm seriously thinking of making my next PC be Linux.
Now you're talking!
(By the bye... NEVER allow anything to be installed into "Program Files" if you can help it. Create a separate directory called "Programs" and install there. That will save you a ton of headaches.
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