Hi Phil,
It looks like we'll have to gather some more information to see exactly what this error is indicating, because it could be any number of things. To make sure I understand the situation correctly, you had an application that communicated with a GPIB-USB-B to an instrument that worked properly. No changes were made to the software or driver, and now it always receives this error. If I misunderstood the situation at all, please let me know.
Have you tried communicating with the device through MAX since the program failed? What was the result of that? Also, what part of the program is this error coming from? Opening a connection? Reading? Writing? Another good tool to help diagnose this problem would be to use NI Spy to get a spy capture and see what is going on at the driver level.
Keep us posted on your progress so that we can help you get this resolved!
john m
Applications Engineer