See how it turned out at http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7588_102-0.html?forumID=70&threadID=276821&messageID=2660317#2660317
My daughter has a Compaq Presario SR2150NX with 256 RAM (I believe) and around 80 GB memory.
Earlier, it wouldn't recognize her CD drive (a Sony CD-RW CRX215E5 ATA device), and my husband had to contact the company to fix what turned out to be a registry problem.
Now previously functioning USB2 ports are not being recognized. She has 3, and the machine won't recognize any of them.
She mostly does iTunes (which took many tries to install), and AIM. My husband thinks it just needs another driver, like the CD RW drive did. I'm thinking it must be an insidious virus.
Anyone have a clue or a fix?
Thanks,
Katiebug

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