USB slows computer

[George Mooth]

My OS is XP Pro SP2 with all updates. I have a usb printer (HP)
that works fine. But if I plug in a flash drive stick all is fine and
works well unless I try to reboot or shut down and reboot. Then
the computer takes a very long time to boot up and programs
run very slow after it does finally boot up. If I take the flash drive
back out everything is back to normal. Can anyone help me on
this problem?

Geo.

 

[BillW50]

My OS is XP Pro SP2 with all updates. I have a usb printer (HP)
that works fine. But if I plug in a flash drive stick all is fine and
works well unless I try to reboot or shut down and reboot. Then
the computer takes a very long time to boot up and programs
run very slow after it does finally boot up. If I take the flash drive
back out everything is back to normal. Can anyone help me on
this problem?

Geo.

Is the flash drive plugged into a hub? As the bad thing about hubs is
that they drop all devices down to the slowest speed of the slowest
device for all devices.

 

[Bob I]

Just a thought, but make sure the USB is not in the Boot order in the BIOS.

 

[Elmo]

My OS is XP Pro SP2 with all updates. I have a usb printer (HP)
that works fine. But if I plug in a flash drive stick all is fine and
works well unless I try to reboot or shut down and reboot. Then
the computer takes a very long time to boot up and programs
run very slow after it does finally boot up. If I take the flash drive
back out everything is back to normal. Can anyone help me on
this problem?

Geo.

Maybe something at these USB Help sites will apply:
http://www.usbman.com/WinME USB Guide.htm

General USB troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310575

Troubleshooting for USB drives
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html

 

[George Mooth]

Maybe something at these USB Help sites will apply:
http://www.usbman.com/WinME USB Guide.htm

General USB troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310575

Troubleshooting for USB drives
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html

Can't find my problem at these sites. I was looking in hardware
and it says I have a standard enhanced PCI to USB host controller
and a standard openHCD USB host controller
Then below that it shows two USB root hubs. Does this sound right?

My printer works fine, but when I run sisoftsandra 2007 it doesn't
recognize anything connected to USB.

 

[Elmo]

Can't find my problem at these sites. I was looking in hardware
and it says I have a standard enhanced PCI to USB host controller
and a standard openHCD USB host controller
Then below that it shows two USB root hubs. Does this sound right?

My printer works fine, but when I run sisoftsandra 2007 it doesn't
recognize anything connected to USB.

Here are 2000+ posts on the subject "Usb slows computer". Maybe
something here will help.

http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=Usb+slows+computer&qt_s=Search+Groups