I turned on my computer this morning and suddenly most of my external USB drives don't work (I have one that still does). I check and sure enough, Windows did an unrequested "critical update". I thing the danger was that somebody might plug in a USB drive with a virus, so they disabled the PC's ability to read potentially dangerous USB drives! I tried doing a system restore but as is often the case, I can't restore past this critical update. This just sucks. I was supposed to meet a client today and I'm dead in the water.
Anyone else run into this or have any idea how I can fix it? Here's somebody else who has the same problem:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vistawu/thread/0e1ae59f-ec8c-402d-9b41-f1340bdee5f3
I tried this solution but it didn't work either:
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/usb-device-not-recognized/
Anyone else run into this or have any idea how I can fix it? Here's somebody else who has the same problem:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vistawu/thread/0e1ae59f-ec8c-402d-9b41-f1340bdee5f3
I tried this solution but it didn't work either:
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/usb-device-not-recognized/