USB problems

When I first turn on my computer my printer and USB thumb drive work fine.
After a few minutes they both stop working (although the mouse still works)
until I turn my computer off and back on again. Is there any way to fix
this? Having access to my printer/thumb drive only for a few minutes right
when I turn my computer on is annoying.

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bsam358
Sounds like your Thumb drive is causing a confliction with the printer. Have
you tried removing the thumb drive before restarting, to see if the printer
continues to work?

"firepatch36" wrote:

> When I first turn on my computer my printer and USB thumb drive work fine.
> After a few minutes they both stop working (although the mouse still works)
> until I turn my computer off and back on again. Is there any way to fix
> this? Having access to my printer/thumb drive only for a few minutes right
> when I turn my computer on is annoying.

"firepatch36" <firepatch36@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:711377A8-99E9-4152-9B12-D87F76E81437@microsoft.com...
> When I first turn on my computer my printer and USB thumb drive work fine.
> After a few minutes they both stop working (although the mouse still
> works)
> until I turn my computer off and back on again. Is there any way to fix
> this? Having access to my printer/thumb drive only for a few minutes right
> when I turn my computer on is annoying.

This is typical Vista behaviour. Many of my USB accessories perform like
that - work for a bit (sometimes several days) then just stop. I have to
pull all the USB accessories out, reinstall all the drivers, then it works
again maybe for a few weeks.