I have Windows XP SP1a, on an MSI K8N Diamond motherboard with the latest drivers installed for the motherboard (Nvidia). I have had this problem through several installs of windows and the motherboard drivers. It just never seems to enable USB 2.0. Would like to enable USB 2.0 as I have some devices that need it to work. Any further information please ask and any help you can provide would we most useful. thx
Why!!! it fixes a hell of a lot of things, and i wouldn't have thought you could get XP without SP2 lol
after sp2 causing blue screens on installs of windows al least 4 times on different systems im not hugely keen on it apart from annoying windows defender aswell.
Wow, I much prefer having SP2 for everything. As for Defender, etc., you can turn that off and change the preferences so it doesn't "remind you" in the system tray.
XP SP2 is pretty much the norm nowadays (in fact I dont know anyone not using it). There is no reason not to use it, as all bugs & problems have been very much eradicated now. Its kinda like saying - "I don't trust cars, because they tend to crash into walls & trees & stuff" If SP2 was so unreliable I think most XP uses would be using Vista by now.
Defender doesnt come with XP SP2. You have to install seperately. And, if you dont want it - dont install it!
That's right, SP2 doesn't install windows defender. Maybe you're thinking of security centre? Which is simple to disable through services.msc. I've installed SP2 many times on many different machines, never seen it cause blue screens. I've got several machines running SP2 myself and they're all rock solid. There was several recommendations when installing SP2, one of which was to make sure the system was clean of spyware before starting.
Does Windoes even detect the EHCI(s) on your board? I assume USB is enabled in the BIOS, is there a setting somewhere for USB 2.0, enhanced usb, or something like that?
