My Dad sent me this. Thought I'd pass it on to y'all.

QuoteOn April 17, 2008 (just last Thursday), Microsoft made an announcement that one of their recent Windows Vista updates didn't mix so well with certain USB devices. If you're a Vista user, you probably know that a Windows Defender update came through to your computer last week. That update was intended to patch a critical hole in the Defender program and while that may have worked, it did the opposite for USB devices like keyboards and mice. Yep, it caused them to stop working completely.  
Unfortunately, even though Microsoft is aware of the problem, they are only "investigating the matter" and they don't have any further information about it as of yet.

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Haha, that's what you get for always trying to be the first

?!? I wonder if this has anything do do with my family's 2 vista laptops not working with the wireless internet??

Quote from: ButtplugClock;1287852?!? I wonder if this has anything do do with my family's 2 vista laptops not working with the wireless internet??

Hey i was having wireless internet problems aswell.  Works fine with a direct line though.

It's happened before.  The most recent service pack for Windows 2000 also messes up USB devices.  No fix for that, of course!

Also:
your dad sounds cool

Quote from: PirateClock;1287864Hey i was having wireless internet problems aswell.  Works fine with a direct line though.

Same with me!

I just got dumped off if my 5th Warcraft 3 game in 2 days, all of which I was winning at the time. I'm about to tear a hole i either Bill Gates or Time Warner Cable.

Try Ubuntu.

I clicked on this and typed it with my usb mouse and keyboard. I guess they work.

Quote from: BlackberryClock;1288842I clicked on this and typed it with my usb mouse and keyboard. I guess they work.

I just accessed information on my external USB hard drive and saved data onto my USB flash drive.

Probably the reason my tablet stopped working, but maybe not since it stopped working 4 days before that.

Quote from: BlackberryClock;1288842I clicked on this and typed it with my usb mouse and keyboard. I guess they work.

Quote from: RomanClock;1289148I just accessed information on my external USB hard drive and saved data onto my USB flash drive.

Certain USB devices. That's the thing about a lot of the problems with Vista, it often depends on what hardware you're using. Compatibility is one of its biggest issues, at this point Ubuntu is actually more compatible with most hardware than Vista. Of course, there are some XP and Vista programs that WINE doesn't know how to run yet, but generally they get around to fixing it eventually. It even runs WoW now.

Quote from: joliet_jane;1287874Also:
your dad sounds cool

He is. He got me using DOS when I was 3.

Earlier Windows/Linux/Mac for life

Quote from: ouıqןɐ;1289397He is. He got me using DOS when I was 3.

Your dad sounds like mine, he got me into using GeOS and using his old Vic-20 before getting into Dos and Windows 3.0 or whatever it was at the time.

Thats why I have a mac baby

XP SP2 broke ~1/100 computers, including mine (rendered them unbootable)

Worked on my new computer though so no worries!