Mistaken USB Identity

[Guest]

Recently I've been getting "This device will perform better if it were
plugged in to a USB 2.0 port" messages when I'm using: (a) USB 2.0 devices
that have worked as 2.0 before; with (b) USB 2.0 cables that have worked as
2.0 before; plugged into (c) USB 2.0 ports that have been 2.0 since I bought
the computer.

How can I get my WinXP machine to go back to recognizing that it only has
USB 2.0?

 

[Rich Barry]

Lance, disconnect all USB devices. Then rt click MyComputer>select
Properties>Hardware>Device Manager>USB Controllers. Expand and rt click on
each one and choose Uninstall. Finally restart and let XP reinstall them.
Reconnect the
devices.

 

[Guest]

Rich, thanks, but the problem persists after Windows restarts and reinstalls
the devices. When I click on the notice ("this device will perform
better...") I'm shown a list of 6 USB ports when my computer only has two. In
the device manager, I've got four USB Root Hubs and four controllers (only
one "Enhanced").

--Lance

 

[Rich Barry]

Lance, this article may give you some ideas
http://www.quepublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=339086&rl=1