No Longer Will my D5500 Connect With My Computer To Transfer Files

The transferring of files from my D5500 to my computer via the cable has worked great since I bought the camera last February. Today I connected the cable to a USB port on my computer and nothing happened when I next turned on the camera--no reaction on my screen. The lights on my camera did flicker for about a second and then went off. I think I found the first step in solving the problem: I checked the Device Manager in my Windows 7 and clicked on the portable device called D5500 and got the following warning: "Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)"

What do I do now??

You can delete the driver in the computer for the Nikon and the next time you connect it should reinstall it BUT the real question is why are you using the cable connected to your camera to download your photos? The best and easiest and fastest way is to pull the SD card out of the camera and stick in in the computer. That also does not use battery power from your camera when transferring photos.