Vitalviking, your a star, after spending 2 days trolling through endless forums i have finally got my usb printer,ext hd,phone,mp3,and card reader to work. Who would have thought somthing as easy as turning the power off at the socket would have resolved all my problems.I have been in and out of device manager so many times i was starting to go dizzy.Once again thanks and if thier is a Valhalla you shall sit at the right hand of Odin. Thanks Ian.