G'day! After much searching I have found a solution that works for me its a program (exe file) developed by Dell that enables the use of low powered USB divices on windows NT systems. I am using a pen drive/memory stick with no problems.... If there are any drawbacks, it's that the USB device must be formatted as FAT only (not even FAT32). This seem to be ok, as I can use the device with both of my machines, NT & XP..... Hope this helps someone! Oh, & make sure you have at least SP6 installed! NT SP6a Here's the link for the USB Driver, Dell USB Driver For NT Chamz5