I tried it on my coworkers laptop today and everything is exactly the same. windows recognizes the device but non of our usb devices work on it. I contacted the merchant's tech support department to see if theres a way to resolve this issue or set up a return.

I dont think i should need the adapter. Im not running and external HD or anything that large (which is what that site says the adapter is used for). Just a keydrive.

I will see what the merchant says about this. Thanks for your help.