My laptop usb ports are not working in vista

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My Toshiba Satellite L305-S5933 with Windows Vista quit recognizing USBs in the three ports three days ago. Today, the machine gives me a message that it doesn't recognize USB devices when there is nothing plugged in. I have done a system restore and still get that weird message. Help!