Have you checked the hardware (BIOS) setup to see if the ports are enabled?
How about checking Device Manager to see what USB devices and ports are
installed on your system?

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"Isabel" wrote in message
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My computer does not recognise my printer and camera which
are both plugged into my USB ports. I am using Windows 98
and I am getting really desperate