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Re: Won't charge phone through USB
If your new Toshiba is a laptop it will not provide power through the USB
ports. Laptops will not supply power to external devices - it would drain
their batteries.
"Lance" <Lance@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:031D9676-B010-4C4D-B486-A09636318F97@microsoft.com...
> On my old XP machine, I could plug my Motorola into the USB port, and it
> started charging automatically. I now have a dual-core Pentium Toshiba
> with
> Vista. I was certainly surprised when I plugged my phone in and was met
> with
> a message box requesting that I install a driver. I don't want Vista to
> find
> and install software or a driver. I just want to charge my phone.
>
> Vista asks for a disc, which I've never had, and it can't find any driver
> online.
>
> My phone will not charge, because I can't complete the "install new
> hardware" process, but I don't want to install anything. I just want to
> use
> the computer as a power source.
>
> What do I do? Is my shiny new Toshiba and whizzer new Vista unable simply
> to charge a cell phone?
>
> Thanks!
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