There are several factors that may have cause the error message to appear such as a damaged USB port, an outdated driver to a corrupt USB device.
What to do if you get error The last USB device you connected to this computer malfunctioned In this latest installment of our troubleshooting series, we will talk about the recommended troubleshooting solutions that you can try to fix error message “The last USB device you connected to this computer malfunctioned” on Windows 10. Although the error does not only experienced on Windows 10, but in other versions of Windows operating system as well. This means that the USB device that was previously connected to your computer is no longer working like it is supposed to.
There have been reports from Windows users getting a pop up error message with the exact message such as “USB device not recognized: The last USB device you connected to this computer malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it”.
