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ALL USB Devices need drivers???
Okay, after a SMOOTH install of Vista H.P. Ed, EVERY USB device I plug in
gets a "Windows Need to install Drivers For your device". Flash drive, printer, MP3 (Zen), Wireless Mouse, Etc. These devices are supposed to have "native support" drivers built into Vista. Anyone have a suggestion as to why Vista isnt loading drivers for ANY USB devices? |
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ALL USB Devices need drivers???
Digitalfuzz wrote:
Okay, after a SMOOTH install of Vista H.P. Ed, EVERY USB device I plug in gets a "Windows Need to install Drivers For your device". Flash drive, printer, MP3 (Zen), Wireless Mouse, Etc. These devices are supposed to have "native support" drivers built into Vista. Anyone have a suggestion as to why Vista isnt loading drivers for ANY USB devices? It is dependent on what is your USB device. Some standard devices, e.g. USB storage device (USB flash memory, USB external Harddisk, etc), standard USB mouse, will have buildin driver in Vista. Some device can work basically with buildin driver but work more well with specified design driver, e.g. my Microsoft wireless laser mouse 6000. Some device, e.g. some USB printers, cannot work without specified driver. -- Jacky Kwok jacky@alumni_DOT_cuhk_DOT_edu_DOT_hk |
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ALL USB Devices need drivers???
"Digitalfuzz" wrote in message ... Okay, after a SMOOTH install of Vista H.P. Ed, EVERY USB device I plug in gets a "Windows Need to install Drivers For your device". Flash drive, printer, MP3 (Zen), Wireless Mouse, Etc. These devices are supposed to have "native support" drivers built into Vista. Anyone have a suggestion as to why Vista isnt loading drivers for ANY USB devices? Does this happen every time you plug in a given device, or every time? I ask because if the devices were not attached during the install, Vista had no way to anticipate the devices an install drivers. This happens to me in Win XP as well as in Vista when students bring projects to my office on flash drives. Each new drive goes through a detection and "loading drivers" scenario. |
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ALL USB Devices need drivers???
"Digitalfuzz" wrote in message ... Okay, after a SMOOTH install of Vista H.P. Ed, EVERY USB device I plug in gets a "Windows Need to install Drivers For your device". Flash drive, printer, MP3 (Zen), Wireless Mouse, Etc. These devices are supposed to have "native support" drivers built into Vista. Anyone have a suggestion as to why Vista isnt loading drivers for ANY USB devices? Have you installed this update? It might help. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en 1/29/2007 This is a reliability update. Install this update to resolve reliability issues with some USB hardware devices and controllers. -Michael |
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ALL USB Devices need drivers???
I understand. These are devices that both MS and their respective
manufacturers (HP, for example) claim Vista will support natively, so they have no DLable Vista Drivers. But Vista wants them...for everything except...and this is only for the irony of it all...an iPod. Sigh. It is a Toshiba Satalite Laptop. Should I get Tos. on the phone? Thanks "jacky kwok" wrote: Digitalfuzz wrote: Okay, after a SMOOTH install of Vista H.P. Ed, EVERY USB device I plug in gets a "Windows Need to install Drivers For your device". Flash drive, printer, MP3 (Zen), Wireless Mouse, Etc. These devices are supposed to have "native support" drivers built into Vista. Anyone have a suggestion as to why Vista isnt loading drivers for ANY USB devices? It is dependent on what is your USB device. Some standard devices, e.g. USB storage device (USB flash memory, USB external Harddisk, etc), standard USB mouse, will have buildin driver in Vista. Some device can work basically with buildin driver but work more well with specified design driver, e.g. my Microsoft wireless laser mouse 6000. Some device, e.g. some USB printers, cannot work without specified driver. -- Jacky Kwok jacky@alumni_DOT_cuhk_DOT_edu_DOT_hk |
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ALL USB Devices need drivers???
It happens for everything USB, except Ipod (!), and an external HD (which
wasn't attached during install). THese devices (printer, flash drive, mouse, etc) didn't need a disc or driver seperately installed in XP, they just worked once they were plugged in, no questions. Why is Vista not following the same way? Baffeled. Thanks. "pvdg42" wrote: "Digitalfuzz" wrote in message ... Okay, after a SMOOTH install of Vista H.P. Ed, EVERY USB device I plug in gets a "Windows Need to install Drivers For your device". Flash drive, printer, MP3 (Zen), Wireless Mouse, Etc. These devices are supposed to have "native support" drivers built into Vista. Anyone have a suggestion as to why Vista isnt loading drivers for ANY USB devices? Does this happen every time you plug in a given device, or every time? I ask because if the devices were not attached during the install, Vista had no way to anticipate the devices an install drivers. This happens to me in Win XP as well as in Vista when students bring projects to my office on flash drives. Each new drive goes through a detection and "loading drivers" scenario. |
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ALL USB Devices need drivers???
The Update didn't help. Thanks tho. I get the same: Device Driver needed;
cannot find driver (online or otherwise); Device did not install correctly; SOL . Interestingly, EVERY USB Device, while plugged in, shows up in Device Manager, correctly named, under "Other Devices", with the little yellow ! flag. I am willing to do another install of Vista (my 3rd at this point) with as many of these USB deivices plugged in during the proccess, but that just doesn't seem right to me. Any thoughts? Thanks again "MICHAEL" wrote: "Digitalfuzz" wrote in message ... Okay, after a SMOOTH install of Vista H.P. Ed, EVERY USB device I plug in gets a "Windows Need to install Drivers For your device". Flash drive, printer, MP3 (Zen), Wireless Mouse, Etc. These devices are supposed to have "native support" drivers built into Vista. Anyone have a suggestion as to why Vista isnt loading drivers for ANY USB devices? Have you installed this update? It might help. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en 1/29/2007 This is a reliability update. Install this update to resolve reliability issues with some USB hardware devices and controllers. -Michael |
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ALL USB Devices need drivers???
I really don't know. Reliability in Vista's USB stack has been a
problem for many since I first started testing Vista back in June. Although, my wireless mouse, my external hard drives, my mp3 player, my ReadyBoost drive, and my webcam all work. If you have tried installing Vista with the devices unplugged, perhaps, it is time to try the install with them plugged in. I've done all my installs with my USB devices unplugged, except for my mouse. Then, I plugged them in, let them install and all was well. Do you have the devices plugged into a hub? Two of my external WD drives can act as hub, they have two extra USB slots... they work just fine, too. If you are using a hub, try the devices without it. I don't know if I remember this correctly, but when "unknown" or that exclamation shows up, I believe you can still choose to "uninstall" the device. If I am correct, do that and be sure to to check "Delete the software for this device". Unplug the device then plug it back in. Might not make any difference but who knows. Let me know how things turn out. Take care, Michael "Digitalfuzz" wrote in message ... The Update didn't help. Thanks tho. I get the same: Device Driver needed; cannot find driver (online or otherwise); Device did not install correctly; SOL . Interestingly, EVERY USB Device, while plugged in, shows up in Device Manager, correctly named, under "Other Devices", with the little yellow ! flag. I am willing to do another install of Vista (my 3rd at this point) with as many of these USB deivices plugged in during the proccess, but that just doesn't seem right to me. Any thoughts? Thanks again "MICHAEL" wrote: "Digitalfuzz" wrote in message ... Okay, after a SMOOTH install of Vista H.P. Ed, EVERY USB device I plug in gets a "Windows Need to install Drivers For your device". Flash drive, printer, MP3 (Zen), Wireless Mouse, Etc. These devices are supposed to have "native support" drivers built into Vista. Anyone have a suggestion as to why Vista isnt loading drivers for ANY USB devices? Have you installed this update? It might help. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en 1/29/2007 This is a reliability update. Install this update to resolve reliability issues with some USB hardware devices and controllers. -Michael |
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ALL USB Devices need drivers???
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Digitalfuzz wrote: I am willing to do another install of Vista Before you do that I suggest the following. Certainly for some hardware, like HP Printers, it is essential to not have the printer or its cable connected to the PC until either the software installation tells you to do so or until after installation of software is finished. Then you can plug in the device and its cable and turn it on and let Windows detect it. So check carefully the instructions that come with the device and also check the manufacturer's web site for updated versions, workarounds and advice. I do support over on Compuserve and time and time again we see this problem occur when people do what seems natural and set up the printer and then install the software. So try this: (1) Turn off and unplug the printer (let's stick to that device) (2) Go to the Printers part of Control panel and delete the icon for the printer. (3) Go to Add/Remove Programs (I think it's called Programs and Features now) and Remove any programs related to the printer (4) Go to Device Manager and Remove the entries for the Enhanced USB controller(s) and any reference to the Printer if it is there (my PS8250 dot prot shows there) (5) Then reboot the PC and let VISTA detect the USB controllers again (this may not be necessary so if you want you can skip it and only do it if you have USB trouble afterwards) (6) Then install the software for your printer and attach the printer when told to or when the installation is finished. I hope that helps. I have not done Step (4) in VISTA but I have done it in XP and see no reason why it should not work, but I don't know what VISTA protection allows you to do! There's always Run As Administrator! If you care to tell me the exact make and model of the printer I may have some more advice. Good luck. |
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ALL USB Devices need drivers???
Hi,
Same problem here. I have to explicitly tell the "new hardware found" wizard to look into c:\windows for the drivers. When I do this, the built-in drivers for most USB devices are found and the devices are installed. This happens even with simple USB memory cards. I suspect it's some flaw in the default driver search path. Anybody knows how to set/change it? A. |
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