So plug out the device, reboot the computer and plug it back in to see if anything changes. RestartĪs Moss and Roy famously put it in The IT Crowd TV show, a simple restart can do wonders for you. Follow the below-mentioned methods to see if your computer gains senses and stars detecting your device. Thankfully it isn’t difficult to make your device detect your USB device. This issue has existed on Windows since the days of Windows 98, and sadly, Windows 10 also seems to have inherited the quirk. There may come a time when your Windows 10-powered machine will just not recognise a USB device.