Wow. I just finished setting up a dual-boot of Linux and Windows Vista and I still have no clue what you're talking about.P.S. MB did you get my response about your system issues? your USB subsystem is recognized just find in dmesg so I'm not sure why you're having issues seeing it via lsusb (try -v). If all else fails, consider upgrading to 8.04 from 7.10.
(hint: Take it to PM please)