Peter wrote: > I have just lost all USB ports on this PC which is an IBM Intel 4CPU 2.4 Ghz with 1Gb ram running Win XP Pro with SP3 > > Any hints as to where to start 1. reboot 2. check hardware/device manager for yellow question marks 3. check Event Viewer for clues -- ThermionicEmissions - the blog http://www.lockergnome.com/leftystrat