{"id":244,"date":"2010-08-07T16:25:38","date_gmt":"2010-08-07T23:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.internettipoftheweek.com\/do-i-have-usb-20\/244\/"},"modified":"2012-08-07T16:33:15","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T23:33:15","slug":"do-i-have-usb-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/tech\/244\/do-i-have-usb-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I Have USB 2.0?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because the slower USB 1.x and faster USB 2.0 ports look identical, it is difficult to tell them apart. Your Windows configuration, however, will know if you have a USB 2.0 port, and here&#8217;s how you can find out. Click Right-Click My Computer, Click Properties, Hardware, Device Manager, and scroll down to Universal Serial Bus Controllers. Click to expand the description. If any of the ports are described as &#8220;Enhanced&#8221; then those are 2.0. 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