Usb controllers Gone? ?!!!!

rovingcowboy · Joined: Jan 26, 2003 Posts: 1323

short sweet.
1. bought usb modem.
2. installed usb modem.
3. modem did not work.
4. reinstalled old wireless card.
5. old wireless card dont work.
6. can't find any usb item. only mouse and keyboard.
7. tried to unistalllt new drivers.
8. tried re installing wireless card.
9. it shows it can' get past card.
10. found drivers show 64 i have 32 bit
11. can't unintall them enough to get back to 32 bit xp.
12. found places online that have the drivers neened but ain't payinfor theem.
13. can't roll back or update drivers.
14. did not take them from destro, cd.
15. no usb item works.

how do i get the ms driver and the pci driver controlers
in system

thanks. Cool

zlim · Joined: Mar 11, 2005 Posts: 2657

Have you first tried to restore the computer before you did all of this?

I always either create a restore point (XP) or create an image (2K) before I make a hardware or a major software change.

rovingcowboy · Joined: Jan 26, 2003 Posts: 1323

no system restore points found.
they were wiped.

how do i get the ms pci, nic controler and the intel usb controlers back in the system i can't copy them from another computer can I ?

every dadblame site i found them at on line and or search for them online including ms downloads takes me to places that want to load that driver detective program that finds all the ones out dated but they won't load them unless i pay for them again. and pay for the dangblasted program that found they were missing and told me that when i already know they are missing.

drwho07 · Joined: Nov 29, 2007 Posts: 1629 Location: Central FL, USA

What wiped the System Restore Points?

That would be my first question.

That's always your first line of defense in case of windows problems.

Then read my signature line....... again. Wink

Baby_Tux · Joined: Mar 06, 2007 Posts: 964

Assuming there isn't some hidden "boogieman" (like a virus) associated with any of your troubles, my suggestion would be a repair install. This SHOULD put back the things that are missing & leave alone the stuff that is there. Of course you'll want to make sure of your backups before starting.

rovingcowboy · Joined: Jan 26, 2003 Posts: 1323

i must admit i turned off system restore but i had thought i turned it back on. for the install of the modem.

how do i do the repair install. you mean install only the windows folders again?

goretsky · Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:00 am Post subject:

Hello,

If you go into the Device Manager, delete the USB devices and reboot, they should be automatically re-detected and added to the operating system's hardware profile. You may wish to re-enable Restore Points and make one before doing this, though.

If that does not work, you should be able to download the latest Intel Software Chipset Installation utility package from Intel's support web site and run it in order to re-install USB support.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

Baby_Tux · Joined: Mar 06, 2007 Posts: 964

drwho07 · Joined: Nov 29, 2007 Posts: 1629 Location: Central FL, USA

I'd rather take a trip down Pikes Peak with my brakes disconnected as run a PC today with the System Restore shut down.

System Restore is probably the most valuable thing ever given to us by MS, to handle those occasional "Awshitz" that are bound to come along for those people who insist on FUTZING with their PC's.

I rely so much on System Restore to keep me out of hot water, that I even run a little script from my Startup folder to force a new restore point every time I boot up my system.

That may be several Restore Points a day, but I really don't give a crap!
I can manually delete them any time I want and I DO delete them by batch file on my Ghost boot disk, when I do a Ghost Backup.

Y'all have a great day now, Y'hear?
The Doctor Cool

rovingcowboy · Joined: Jan 26, 2003 Posts: 1323

no go yet but i have not tried the suggestion by baby tux yet.

umm? was that you doc who that said to remove restore points just two years ago? or was that the shadow that said that? Sad

but i most the time have it on. and could have sworn it was on the day it messed up. but it was not. and i don't remember turning it off, but i must have? still i most the time turn it off then clean the system and all that then turn it back on and reboot several times to make a new set.

so why it was off i don't know?

still i'm at no usb hub controllers yet. i found them on cnet downloads. so i clicked the link. it took me to windows downloads. then i clicked the link i got at the windows download site and it took me back to the same cnet page? what the crap is a run around link doing on microsoft's site.?
Laughing

i've got these other two computers and i thought how stupid of me i'll just copy them from one of those computers and replace them on this one.

the other computer cant find them either? but it does not have anything that uses them come to think of it cause its an amd cpu not intel. umm? the other computer is a lenovo set up i changed to use xp pro. yes it has intel inside. but would lenovo have messed up those usb controllers?
Confused

if that dont work i'm going to have to try overwriting the windows folders. but i'll have to back up my other folders in there first so i dont lose my msagents and stuff.

rovingcowboy · Joined: Jan 26, 2003 Posts: 1323

fixed the error.

I UNPLUGED THE DAMAGED JUNK. Mad

would not fix by removal of the item in device manager.

would not over install from cdrom would not download from ms would not download from dell would not stay plugged in to the wall did not keep keyboard and mouse connected did not keep speakers and monitor connected. only pluged in to wall now to keep the bios bat working.

will figure how to get it working with minimun stuff just to get my files off it
and on this new one i replaced that other with.

but that fixed the dollgonething now didn't it.

Laughing

Baby_Tux · Joined: Mar 06, 2007 Posts: 964

---never mind---

Was a bit confused but I re-read the post & now it makes sense.