UDB memory devices plugged into my system are recognised, I get the “Ding-Dong” sound when it is plugged in, and the notifier in the system tray reports on and correctly identifies the USB memory stick, but I cannot access it – it is not displayed in the drive list in My Computer, in Explorer, nor in a save location list.
I have reformatted the hard disk and performed a fresh install of everything and again I still had the same problem. I am undertaking regression testing – a real time consuming bore to try to identify the cause, so I repeated the fresh install and tested in stages.
USB memory sticks working OK after I installed Windows XP SP2 and took all the subsequent patches.
I then installed (too much) Office 2003, and added Office 2003 SP2, and all subsequent patches and recommended updates, DirectX 9.0c latest, Windows Media Player 11 and .NET Framework 3.0. USB Memory devices no available, even though they are detected, and have to be unloaded with the “Safely remove….” icon in the System Tray.
I can now revert to the OS only stage, and then test USB after each individual install to try to determine just what is killing it, but I am baffled, nothing non standard or non Microsoft has yet gone on the machine, other that the ASUS provided Chipset Drivers.
USB Mouse works OK, not tried USB Keyboard.
Any help or fixes welcomed!