In the "color me embarrassed" department PC Magazine is reporting that a recent Vista update is wreaking havoc with some user’s USB devices. Microsoft has admitted the update created a problem and that they are working to address it.
"We are aware of concerns thata recent Microsoft update may be causing problems with USB devices,"according to a Microsoft spokeswoman. "We are investigating the matterand at this time do not have any additional information to share."
Some users are not affected while others are now having trouble with USB devices like keyboards and mice since the update last week. This is shedding light on my recent Vista disk thrashing problems when I resume from sleep mode, at least I think so.
I detailed how my Fujitsu P1620 began exhibiting problems with resuming from sleep recently and today I experienced the exact same problem on my HP 2710p. Both computers had run fine until recently and I was wracking my brain to come up with something that might have changed recently that could cause this type of problem. I believe this bad update from Microsoft may very well be the cause because USB issues can easily cause difficulty with devices that are docked when they resume from standby (sleep). Even though no obvious USB device is not working when this happens there are integrated components that are USB based, like the PC Card EVDO modem that was in play on the Fujitsu when the problem started. I don’t have definitive proof that this update has indeed caused this problem on multiple computers but the timing of both the problems and the update are very close.
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