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To: ICCtheWay
WINXP installs generic drivers when and where it can

LOL. Yesterday, one of my Vista boxes gave me a message that it had detected some new unidentified hardware (I've not installed anything new on it). It then said it had successfully installed the necessary drivers.

There must be a database of drivers for unknown hardware somewhere.

Weird.

17 posted on 07/30/2010 8:49:38 PM PDT by gitmo ( The democRats drew first blood. It's our turn now.)
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To: gitmo

WINXP installs generic drivers when and where it can
LOL. Yesterday, one of my Vista boxes gave me a message that it had detected some new unidentified hardware (I’ve not installed anything new on it). It then said it had successfully installed the necessary drivers.

There must be a database of drivers for unknown hardware somewhere.

Weird.

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25 posted on 07/30/2010 9:02:22 PM PDT by J Edgar
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Often if you even switch the USB port a device is attached to... Windows will reload a device driver. These days USB port sets are on different chipsets on the motherboard - thus when moved the device is seen as ‘new’...

One just needs to go to Control Panel - System - Hardware - Device Manager and - if a device is not working you’ll see a red or yellow flag or an indication that it is simply not installed by absence of an entry - Like Network Adapters.


60 posted on 07/31/2010 5:01:50 AM PDT by ICCtheWay
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