Need USB 2.0 Drivers for XP Pro

[gulfcoastliberal]

I bought my laptop off Ebay; I think the XP Pro is bootlegged since I can't install updates such as SP2. I use AVG and ZoneAlarm but not having high-speed USB is driving me nuts since I bought a 1GB corsair thumb drive from newegg. Any suggestions? Please?

[hobbit709]

1. How old is the computer?

the hardware may not support USB2

[gulfcoastliberal]

2. It's an '04 HP ZV1000 P4 3 GHZ, 800 Mhz FSb, etc, blah, blah, blah

It's the friggin OG XP Pro software with no native USB 2.0 drivers and they only seem to be available with the M$ SPs... argh!

[gulfcoastliberal]

3. Well, I tried a downlaod from limewire and it didn't work.

Guess I'm going to have to break down and shell out the $$$ to MS and install a fresh, "licensed" XP Pro OS. Damn it. But maybe it'll save me further headaches down the road.

[democracyindanger]

4. Buy it at newegg.com

You can get the OEM version of XP for cheap, the only caveat being that you have to buy some hardware in the same order. 'Course, the 'hardware' could be a mouse or something cheap.