Dominatra,
what operating system is your PC running? Windows95? Windows98? Windows ME? Windows 2000? Windows XP? maybe it's a MAC?

There might be a clue in that as well... some of the older versions of windows required that you install the USB drivers independendtly from the operating system. Only the newer flavors of Windows do this in a more transparent fashion.

Just for completeness... how old is the PC?

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