Reinstalled XP on my Dell, now only have USB v1

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My Dimension 4550 has been running increasingly sluggishly and crashing ever
more frequently after about 2 years of use, so I decided to reformat the HD
and reinstall Windows XP from scratch. Good decision, it's made a huge
difference.

Except...

For some reason, it has decided that the USB ports are all version 1 only
and has installed those drivers, and now each time I plug in one of my USB 2
peripherals I'm warned about this, and boy, is the data transfer slow! The
PC was originally supplied with USB 2 drivers, running quite happily. How
do I get back to this? How do I force the PC to install USB 2 drivers, and
why didn't it do so by default anyway? I still have all my Dell-supplied
installation CDs, which are what I used to reinstall Windows XP recently.

Thanks
David

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USB 2 support wasn't added fully until SP1. If you install SP1 or SP2, USB 2
support should be enabled. You may need to go into device manager and have
windows search for new drivers for your usb 2.0 ports after installing the
service pack.

"Lobster" <davidlobsterpot601@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:lqntd.150$591.16@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...
> My Dimension 4550 has been running increasingly sluggishly and crashing
> ever more frequently after about 2 years of use, so I decided to reformat
> the HD and reinstall Windows XP from scratch. Good decision, it's made a
> huge difference.
>
> Except...
>
> For some reason, it has decided that the USB ports are all version 1 only
> and has installed those drivers, and now each time I plug in one of my USB
> 2 peripherals I'm warned about this, and boy, is the data transfer slow!
> The PC was originally supplied with USB 2 drivers, running quite happily.
> How do I get back to this? How do I force the PC to install USB 2
> drivers, and why didn't it do so by default anyway? I still have all my
> Dell-supplied installation CDs, which are what I used to reinstall Windows
> XP recently.
>
> Thanks
> David
>

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"Lobster" <davidlobsterpot601@hotmail.com> wrote:
>My Dimension 4550 has been running increasingly sluggishly and crashing ever
>more frequently after about 2 years of use, so I decided to reformat the HD
>and reinstall Windows XP from scratch.

>For some reason, it has decided that the USB ports are all version 1 only

Did you check the Dell WWWebsite for chipset or motherboard drivers?
Alternately, if it's based on an Intel motherboard, find the
appropriate drivers at the Intel WWWebsite.