USB Memory Keys nt showing in "My Computer"

[Nelix]

We have a number or IBVM machines that are having issues with USB memory and the drive showing.

You put the key in and it detects it and installs it. You go into my computer and its not there.

You can however access it via DOS or if you go into drive manager you can see it in there and can right click it and open it and use it. However you cant explore as it does nothing.

Any ideas

 

[Frank4d]

I have the same issue with several machines at work. To work around, I open Internet Explorer and type the drive letter followed by a colon in the address bar.

 

[Nelix]

I have just found somthing that has helped on my system

regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
System
CurrentControlSet
Services
USBSTOR

Chanage the value of start to 4
Reboot machine
Change the vale of start back to 3
Reboot

Im now seeing USB devices when i plug them in

 

[Nelix]

Ok this only works for one reboot sorry back to the drawing board

 

[Diancecht]

Maybe this helps:

http://www.approvedmemory.com/faq.htm#usb_7

Cheers,
Dian

 

[bcastner]

Nelix,

If you do not have the service started, your first change is the correct one.

For the key "Start," valid values of x are:

2 - Automatic <<--- this is an acceptable setting
3 - Manual <<--- this is the correct setting
4 - Disabled << -- this is what you are doing the 2nd time

I will let you make the change in one line. Highlight with your mouse and right-click copy the highlited line below. THen Start, Run, and right-click Copy into the box that appears:

reg add "hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\usbstor" /v Start /t reg_dword /d 3

 

[Beowulf005]

I allways find its a drive letter assignment conflict. USB key trying to use letter assigned to network drive. Open the disk manager and see if its listed there. If so change the assigned letter.

HTH

When frustrated remember, in the computer world there is almost always a backdoor.

 

[bcastner]

Are you in a LAN setting, Workgroup or Domain?
Are you using XP Service Pack 2?

You might find the USB Drive Manager of help:

http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html

.

 

[linney]

Some things to look at.

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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822660&FR=1&amp;PA=1&amp;SD=HSCH

314634 - Windows XP Does Not Detect Your New USB Device

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314634&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

USB device does not function after connecting device to a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer or to a Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870893/en-us?FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;870893&FR=1&amp;PA=1&amp;SD=HSCH