Fellow Techspotters,
Having recently restored my Dell Dimension 8300 WINXP HE OS to full health & SP2 with a re-install and an onslaught with AV software against virus/malware/spyware everything was rosey in the garden until my son & his buddies (who were the cause of my last crash) struck again.
I was informed that the USB ports are not working.
I looked in the Hardware Manager and it states that all devices are working correctly and no conflicts under the USB HUB/ROOT. But still I disable then hoping that on startup the OS would reinstall whatever was missing. It did - but the USB ports still did not function. So I thought that perhaps it ws harware related and that they had damaged the 5V rail but I check this with the DMM and it's working fine.
I ran AV checks and did find several TROJANS, cleaned these and used the HJT in safe mode to do more cleansing. Still no joy. Another clue might be that it does not shut down properly and most times requires a hard shutdown.
The drivers that came with the PC are no longer useful because I've upgraded to SP2.
Any ideas?
Regards
PFJ
Having recently restored my Dell Dimension 8300 WINXP HE OS to full health & SP2 with a re-install and an onslaught with AV software against virus/malware/spyware everything was rosey in the garden until my son & his buddies (who were the cause of my last crash) struck again.
I was informed that the USB ports are not working.
I looked in the Hardware Manager and it states that all devices are working correctly and no conflicts under the USB HUB/ROOT. But still I disable then hoping that on startup the OS would reinstall whatever was missing. It did - but the USB ports still did not function. So I thought that perhaps it ws harware related and that they had damaged the 5V rail but I check this with the DMM and it's working fine.
I ran AV checks and did find several TROJANS, cleaned these and used the HJT in safe mode to do more cleansing. Still no joy. Another clue might be that it does not shut down properly and most times requires a hard shutdown.
The drivers that came with the PC are no longer useful because I've upgraded to SP2.
Any ideas?
Regards
PFJ