Windows Vista

[offrdn]

the last week or so i have been having problems when i plug in anything to any usb port windows says http://www.spillingcoffee.com/images/usbdevicenotrecognized.gif
it doesnt mattar what it is weather its a usb stick or external HDD or what port you plug in to then all of a sudden it works then stops worknig again

any ideas

[austastar]

Is this consistent across all your USB ports?
Is your mouse and keyboard USB?
Can you swap some of these around?
Of course you have restarted?
cheers