USB Ports and DELL

[Guest]

I have a DELL Inspiron 5100 laptop.

Running Win XP Home causes no problems but if I install Win XP PRO the DELL
doesn't plug and play USB devices.

I have to shut down and plug them in and re-boot for the OS to recognise them.

I cannot find anything useful on the Internet.

What could this be?

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

In Device Manager, under the USB Root Hub, and the Power Management tabs,
uncheck the boxes that tell them to go to sleep.

 

[Guest]

I did this and it still didn't do the trick unfortunately.