Vista - Cant install any drivers

Hey Vista Guru I was hoping you could help me. Or anyone for that matter, I have been having trouble with plug and play devices on my Toshiba M305D laptop. Old or New I can’t get the drivers to install correctly. It all started when I updated my Zune software to V3.0 then all the sudden windows can’t install the driver for any of my devices, I’m talking Thumb driver external hard drive even a Microsoft optical mouse. I have had some success with plugging the device in and then rebooting the computer. On start-up it will prompt me with: do you want to install drivers for your “whatever”. If I click anything but ask me again later. The device won’t work but if I tell to ask later. I can sometimes access the info on the thumb drives or external, and sometimes get the mouse to work. No luck with the Zune at all. Yea I tried uninstalling Zune and reinstalling. Manually installing drivers, and even purchased Driver Detective for a whopping 40 dollars in hopes that will fix it. I have searched forum after forum trying to find a solution to this. Unfortunately I am in Iraq and don’t have access to the boot disk so reinstalling is out of the question until Oct 09 it cost 70 dollars a month for internet and all I have done in my free time is research ways to fix this. If you need info from me just ask I will try to check this forum everyday. All error codes I have seen is 1, 10, 28 Please Oh Please Help Me.

Hi Hammett11b and welcome to Vista Forums

Have you tried System Restore - How to to revert your system prior to when you updated 'Zune'?
Unfortunately, you have wasted your money on your purchase of 'Driver Detective'. I do not recommend the use of such programs. The best advice that I can give as regards drivers, and which is echoed by many of us here at the forums, is that you check the manufacturers websites for updates periodically.
$70 is a bit steep for an Internet connection, but, given your location and the current situation where you are, I don't think you have any other option.

thanks i'll try this and let you know if it works my wife found the system disk and is mailing it to me so with any luck...