USB - some peripherals not working

I recently had to reformat my drive and reinstall WinXP.
Since then, there have been problems with my USB connection. Some devices are not recognised at all.
For example, my webcam - not even as if it's connected
My Digital camera - works fine. Even seems to be running at USB2.0 speed
My Smartphone - brings up an "Unknown USB device error" then can't install.
Add to this, I have an unknown "USB Device" in my Device manager. When I try to instal a driver for this, it can't find anything.
I should point out that I have installed the WinXP Service Pack and am up to date with all my updates.
I'm really not an expert, so don't know what else to do. Could it be that my system is missing some BIOS updates?

Hi Guys
I've tried this and still it doesn't work. I still have a "Other devices"-> "USB devices" showing.
I even tried reinstalling SP1 after running the new INF files.
Any advice?

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