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issue with drivers
Hi. On a Windows Vista system, I have the following problem. Whenever I connect something via USB, it asks me for drivers (it only does this two times whenever I connect something). http://i.imgur.com/JHRUb.jpg It offers 3 options (in Dutch): 1) find and install drivers (recommended) 2) ask again later 3) don't display this message for this device When it's something I've connected before, I can close these screens and the device will still work. But new hardware can't be installed and devices that work on one usb port refuse to work on other usb ports. Also devices that used to work without installing a driver manually (like a usb mouse) can no longer be used because it reports a missing driver.. I've caused this problem myself by deleting various folders in de windows folder, in the hope that they could safely be deleted (based on online information I found online about possible things to delete to free up space). But I think I've deleted a folder somewhere in the windows folder that contained driver information. I do have an Acronis backup image, but I'm not sure which folder to restore exactly (I'd prefer not to restore the entire backup if I can avoid that). Since I've removed various folders based on recommendations found on various websites discussing the topic of folders that are probably safe to delete. Does anyone have any idea which specific folder I might have deleted from the system (either in /windows/ or in /windows/system32/ or something) that is causing this particular issue? thx in advance and kind regards, Niek |
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issue with drivers
On Sun, 3 Jun 2012 19:47:28 -0700 (PDT), sobriquet wrote:
Hi. On a Windows Vista system, I have the following problem. Whenever I connect something via USB, it asks me for drivers (it only does this two times whenever I connect something). http://i.imgur.com/JHRUb.jpg It offers 3 options (in Dutch): 1) find and install drivers (recommended) 2) ask again later 3) don't display this message for this device When it's something I've connected before, I can close these screens and the device will still work. But new hardware can't be installed and devices that work on one usb port refuse to work on other usb ports. Also devices that used to work without installing a driver manually (like a usb mouse) can no longer be used because it reports a missing driver.. I've caused this problem myself by deleting various folders in de windows folder, in the hope that they could safely be deleted (based on online information I found online about possible things to delete to free up space). But I think I've deleted a folder somewhere in the windows folder that contained driver information. I do have an Acronis backup image, but I'm not sure which folder to restore exactly (I'd prefer not to restore the entire backup if I can avoid that). Since I've removed various folders based on recommendations found on various websites discussing the topic of folders that are probably safe to delete. Does anyone have any idea which specific folder I might have deleted from the system (either in /windows/ or in /windows/system32/ or something) that is causing this particular issue? thx in advance and kind regards, Niek If it still works, try System Restore to a date before your adventure. And you have learned a valuable lesson about trusting advice - even mine - and clean-up software and methods. Windows is complicated. Don't mess with it. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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issue with drivers
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