USB not working

[billhelm]

When I plug in any storage device into my computer in my thinkpad T510, for example, a camera, or a USB stick, it doesnt work, and the drive does not show up. In device manager, I see a ! triangle next to something labeled USB mass storage device. In device status, it says

 

Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware because a previous instance of the device driver is still in memory. (Code 38)

 

How can I fix this? A temporary fix is to reboot my computer, but that only lasts until a device is unplugged, or sometimes it doesn't work at all. My Mouse, Keyboard, and Bluetooth adapter work fine.

[bmx6454]

check under device manager to see if any storage devices, or usb devices are installed that aren't currently connected, try uninstalling them. then try plugging the drive in again.

[billhelm]

Here is a photo of the devices

 

When I plug in a new device, it pops up a new one here, and uninstalling, and letting it reinstall it does not fix it.

[billhelm]

I think this has something to do with bitdefender, so I am going to remove it.

[billhelm]

Removing bitdefender worked. They are removing support for it in a few months, so there is no point in reinstalling.