How do I enable USB ports?

[Moonbarker Osbourne]

I'm on a computer that was origionally intended for public use but is now
used in an office and as a result of being intended for public use, it's set
so that nothing connects to the USB ports. If I plug in a drive, it lights
up, so there is power to the USB ports, but it doesn't show in My Computer.

So how do I enable the USB ports? What icon do I go to in Control Panel?
Or, in case that icon isn't there, in what subfolder of Z:\User would I find
the file that opens the needed panel?

[S.Sengupta]

Enter the BIOS and re-enable them.

Also see:-

http://www.dexternights.com/2009/04/01/how-to-enable-usb-drives-usb-ports-and-usb-mass-storage-devices/

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

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