#979 – How to Fix Windows Not Recognizing USB Device

Reminders

Just a reminder that in addition to this newsletter, and of course the askleo.com website, I do play around in a couple of other places as well:

• The Ask Leo! Facebook page. I've been trying to be a little more active here of late.
• Ask Leo! on Mastodon. If I had my way, I'd choose Mastodon as the text-based social media platform I'd want to see succeed. There are so many alternatives right now, the jury's still out. But you'll find me here.

I'm playing with many others, of course, but it's hard to know where to focus my efforts. For now, those are the two that, for Ask Leo!, at least, are getting my attention.

Pesky USB

This week's featured article is a checklist for dealing with problematic USB devices.

I think we've all been there. You plug in a USB device and ... nothing. Or something, but not the something you were expecting.

USB is great, when it works (which, thankfully, is most of the time these days), but How to Fix Windows Not Recognizing USB Device should help when it doesn't.

Also this week

• My update to the question of updating to Windows 11.
• My list of things your sysadmin can do that you might not realize.
• My advice on how to stop (er... slow down) spam.
• My suggestion on what to do with a random wireless network you might conenect to.

As always, links below.

TEH Podcast

We're off for a couple of weeks, as we sneak in some last minute summer travel

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Take care,

Featured Article

How to Fix Windows Not Recognizing USB Device
A checklist.

A checklist to resolve Windows not recognizing USB devices.
Read: How to Fix Windows Not Recognizing USB Device

Also This Week on Ask Leo!

Should I Update to Windows 11? Getting closer, but still no rush.
Windows 11 is out to much fanfare, hype, and confusion. Unless you have specific reasons, you don't need to upgrade yet, but there's also no reason to avoid it. Read: Should I Update to Windows 11?

7 Things Your Sysadmin Probably Won't Tell You With great power comes great responsibility... and risk.
If you run a website and have someone administering it for you -- a system administrator or "sysadmin" -- they may have much more power than you realize. Read: 7 Things Your Sysadmin Probably Won't Tell You

How Do I Stop Spam? You can't stop it, but you can take steps to avoid getting more.
Spam is inevitable; just don't ask for more. Read: How Do I Stop Spam?

Is It OK to Use this Random Wireless Network I Just Found? Probably not. There are risks.
When scanning for wireless connections, you may find several that are unknown, yet appear open and available. Using them is very risky. Read: Is It OK to Use this Random Wireless Network I Just Found?

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Is It OK to Use this Random Wireless Network I Just Found? When scanning for wireless connections, you may find several that are unknown, yet appear open and available. Using them is very risky. Watch: Is It OK to Use this Random Wireless Network I Just Found?

How Do I Stop Spam? Spam is inevitable; just don't ask for more. Watch: How Do I Stop Spam?

7 Things Your Sysadmin Probably Won't Tell You If you run a website and have someone administering it for you -- a system administrator or "sysadmin" -- they may have much more power than you realize. Watch: 7 Things Your Sysadmin Probably Won't Tell You

How to Fix Windows Not Recognizing USB Device A checklist to resolve Windows not recognizing USB devices. Watch: How to Fix Windows Not Recognizing USB Device

Should I Update to Windows 11? Windows 11 is out to much fanfare, hype, and confusion. Unless you have specific reasons, you don't need to upgrade yet, but there's also no reason to avoid it. Watch: Should I Update to Windows 11?

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