Windows 2000 and usb not working ???

[mikeymike]

I concur, and I think upgrading motherboard drivers to their latest versions would be a good idea.  Windows 2000 SP4 should also be installed for full USB 2.0 compatibility.

[mikeymike]

Gav wrote:
Its the usb on the board.When i update the drivers in the device manager it works fine,but when i resart the machine it says device can not start in the device manager.

I'd put a strong bet on that the USB device is incompatible with the version of USB your motherboard is capable of.  I've seen this before.

Get a device whose compliancy matches that of your motherboard (USB 2.0 and relying on backwards compatibility is not enough).  If a device says that it is (for example) USB 1.1 and 2.0 compliant, then it should work.

Though try updating BIOS, Windows and all drivers first.

Presumably you have other USB devices that work on this machine?