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USB Devices Not Recognized
Vista stopped recognizing my installed USB devices yesterday. System
restore, Last Known Good Config and reinstalling the device drivers have not corrected the problem. Also did a registry clean and repair. Tried renaming INFCACHE.1 to INFCACHE.1.bak Tried the hotfix mentioned in a similar post. Ran a registry scan and repair. Devices include memory stick, webcam, printer, wireless KB and mouse. USB ports have power, and Vista sees new hardware when its is plugged in, but always sees it as unknown device and cannot find or install drivers. All devices worked fine 2 days ago. Vista Home Premium 32 bit Acer Aspire 5100 AMD Turion 64 bt processor 2 gb RAM 120 GB hard drive No new updates available. Acer service is crap, and I'm not finding much help from Microsoft either. Acer also does not provide an install disk so I don't see how I can do a clean reinstall of Vista. I can put another OS on this machine, but was kinda having fun with some of the Vista bells and whistles. So, is there a definitive fix for this? |
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USB Devices Not Recognized
"Typicalgirl" wrote in message
news Vista stopped recognizing my installed USB devices yesterday. System restore, Last Known Good Config and reinstalling the device drivers have not corrected the problem. Also did a registry clean and repair. Tried renaming INFCACHE.1 to INFCACHE.1.bak Tried the hotfix mentioned in a similar post. Ran a registry scan and repair. Devices include memory stick, webcam, printer, wireless KB and mouse. USB ports have power, and Vista sees new hardware when its is plugged in, but always sees it as unknown device and cannot find or install drivers. All devices worked fine 2 days ago. Vista Home Premium 32 bit Acer Aspire 5100 AMD Turion 64 bt processor 2 gb RAM 120 GB hard drive No new updates available. Acer service is crap, and I'm not finding much help from Microsoft either. Acer also does not provide an install disk so I don't see how I can do a clean reinstall of Vista. I can put another OS on this machine, but was kinda having fun with some of the Vista bells and whistles. So, is there a definitive fix for this? Try going into Device Manager and uninstalling everything USB. Then reboot the computer. Do this with only the keyboard and mouse connected. One by one, add the other USB devices. You may have picked up a bad driver, possibly from Windows Update. Also, quit using registry cleaners or any software which claims to fix all ills.. -- Mike Hall - MVP http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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USB Devices Not Recognized
I'll try that Mike.
And thanks for the advice on the registry cleaner. Just installed it recently - don't actually remember why. I'll let ya know if this works. TG "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote: "Typicalgirl" wrote in message news Vista stopped recognizing my installed USB devices yesterday. System restore, Last Known Good Config and reinstalling the device drivers have not corrected the problem. Also did a registry clean and repair. Tried renaming INFCACHE.1 to INFCACHE.1.bak Tried the hotfix mentioned in a similar post. Ran a registry scan and repair. Devices include memory stick, webcam, printer, wireless KB and mouse. USB ports have power, and Vista sees new hardware when its is plugged in, but always sees it as unknown device and cannot find or install drivers. All devices worked fine 2 days ago. Vista Home Premium 32 bit Acer Aspire 5100 AMD Turion 64 bt processor 2 gb RAM 120 GB hard drive No new updates available. Acer service is crap, and I'm not finding much help from Microsoft either. Acer also does not provide an install disk so I don't see how I can do a clean reinstall of Vista. I can put another OS on this machine, but was kinda having fun with some of the Vista bells and whistles. So, is there a definitive fix for this? Try going into Device Manager and uninstalling everything USB. Then reboot the computer. Do this with only the keyboard and mouse connected. One by one, add the other USB devices. You may have picked up a bad driver, possibly from Windows Update. Also, quit using registry cleaners or any software which claims to fix all ills.. -- Mike Hall - MVP http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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USB Devices Not Recognized
OK - I uninstalled all the USB stuff and rebooted. No change.
Then I went poking around in the Vista System Information and found something interesting. In System Informationsystem summarysoftware environmentsystem drivers I can see a list of drivers and their status. The drivers for the devices that Vista is not recognizing are "turned off". I have a screen shot he http://bxf.box49.com/up/main/USB%20snap.jpg So that seems to be the problem, but what's the solution? Is there a way I can set the Start Mode to system or auto? Is there a way I can manually turn them on? any input appreciated - thanks! "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote: "Typicalgirl" wrote in message news Vista stopped recognizing my installed USB devices yesterday. System restore, Last Known Good Config and reinstalling the device drivers have not corrected the problem. Also did a registry clean and repair. Tried renaming INFCACHE.1 to INFCACHE.1.bak Tried the hotfix mentioned in a similar post. Ran a registry scan and repair. Devices include memory stick, webcam, printer, wireless KB and mouse. USB ports have power, and Vista sees new hardware when its is plugged in, but always sees it as unknown device and cannot find or install drivers. All devices worked fine 2 days ago. Vista Home Premium 32 bit Acer Aspire 5100 AMD Turion 64 bt processor 2 gb RAM 120 GB hard drive No new updates available. Acer service is crap, and I'm not finding much help from Microsoft either. Acer also does not provide an install disk so I don't see how I can do a clean reinstall of Vista. I can put another OS on this machine, but was kinda having fun with some of the Vista bells and whistles. So, is there a definitive fix for this? Try going into Device Manager and uninstalling everything USB. Then reboot the computer. Do this with only the keyboard and mouse connected. One by one, add the other USB devices. You may have picked up a bad driver, possibly from Windows Update. Also, quit using registry cleaners or any software which claims to fix all ills.. -- Mike Hall - MVP http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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USB Devices Not Recognized
HI Typicalgirl:
When Windows Vista does not recognize a USB device when plugged: 1. Disconnect all USB devices that are working with conflicts (they are shown in the Device Manager). 2. Restart and see that no Windows popup offers to install drivers, and never can. 3. Go to start Computer Windows inf INFCACHE.1, which is the file causing the trouble and we want to delete it. To do so we need to have maximum authorization as Administrator Privileges. 4. Right click INFCACHE.1 Properties Security tab Edit the permission. If you are the Administrator give yourself Full Control (all options with checks), for you need it to delete and move a Windows Operating System file, and click Ok. 5. Before deleting the INFCACHE.1 file, copy it to any other place, just in case. Delete the original Windows INFCACHE.1 inside the inf file. Restart. 6. Start connecting your USB devices one by one, giving Windows Vista enough time to install the drivers and show the Successfully Installed popup display. 7. Look where you saved the copy of the INFCACHE.1 file and delete it. Efrain Morales "Typicalgirl" wrote: OK - I uninstalled all the USB stuff and rebooted. No change. Then I went poking around in the Vista System Information and found something interesting. In System Informationsystem summarysoftware environmentsystem drivers I can see a list of drivers and their status. The drivers for the devices that Vista is not recognizing are "turned off". I have a screen shot he http://bxf.box49.com/up/main/USB%20snap.jpg So that seems to be the problem, but what's the solution? Is there a way I can set the Start Mode to system or auto? Is there a way I can manually turn them on? any input appreciated - thanks! "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote: "Typicalgirl" wrote in message news Vista stopped recognizing my installed USB devices yesterday. System restore, Last Known Good Config and reinstalling the device drivers have not corrected the problem. Also did a registry clean and repair. Tried renaming INFCACHE.1 to INFCACHE.1.bak Tried the hotfix mentioned in a similar post. Ran a registry scan and repair. Devices include memory stick, webcam, printer, wireless KB and mouse. USB ports have power, and Vista sees new hardware when its is plugged in, but always sees it as unknown device and cannot find or install drivers. All devices worked fine 2 days ago. Vista Home Premium 32 bit Acer Aspire 5100 AMD Turion 64 bt processor 2 gb RAM 120 GB hard drive No new updates available. Acer service is crap, and I'm not finding much help from Microsoft either. Acer also does not provide an install disk so I don't see how I can do a clean reinstall of Vista. I can put another OS on this machine, but was kinda having fun with some of the Vista bells and whistles. So, is there a definitive fix for this? Try going into Device Manager and uninstalling everything USB. Then reboot the computer. Do this with only the keyboard and mouse connected. One by one, add the other USB devices. You may have picked up a bad driver, possibly from Windows Update. Also, quit using registry cleaners or any software which claims to fix all ills.. -- Mike Hall - MVP http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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USB Devices Not Recognized
Efrain,
Thanks. just tried this with the same (no) results. Vista just lists every USB device I try to install as an unknown device and tells me the best driver is already installed for it. I broke down and bought an OEM version of the OS and will try a clean install after reformatting the drive. If the problem persists, I'll just reformat again and put 2003 server on, since that's what runs on my other computers. I'm only using Vista because it came on this system, and I sort of suspected I would eventually have to remove it. I appreciate your time and help. Thanks! "EfraÃ*n Morales" wrote: HI Typicalgirl: When Windows Vista does not recognize a USB device when plugged: 1. Disconnect all USB devices that are working with conflicts (they are shown in the Device Manager). 2. Restart and see that no Windows popup offers to install drivers, and never can. 3. Go to start Computer Windows inf INFCACHE.1, which is the file causing the trouble and we want to delete it. To do so we need to have maximum authorization as Administrator Privileges. 4. Right click INFCACHE.1 Properties Security tab Edit the permission. If you are the Administrator give yourself Full Control (all options with checks), for you need it to delete and move a Windows Operating System file, and click Ok. 5. Before deleting the INFCACHE.1 file, copy it to any other place, just in case. Delete the original Windows INFCACHE.1 inside the inf file. Restart. 6. Start connecting your USB devices one by one, giving Windows Vista enough time to install the drivers and show the Successfully Installed popup display. 7. Look where you saved the copy of the INFCACHE.1 file and delete it. Efrain Morales "Typicalgirl" wrote: OK - I uninstalled all the USB stuff and rebooted. No change. Then I went poking around in the Vista System Information and found something interesting. In System Informationsystem summarysoftware environmentsystem drivers I can see a list of drivers and their status. The drivers for the devices that Vista is not recognizing are "turned off". I have a screen shot he http://bxf.box49.com/up/main/USB%20snap.jpg So that seems to be the problem, but what's the solution? Is there a way I can set the Start Mode to system or auto? Is there a way I can manually turn them on? any input appreciated - thanks! "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote: "Typicalgirl" wrote in message news Vista stopped recognizing my installed USB devices yesterday. System restore, Last Known Good Config and reinstalling the device drivers have not corrected the problem. Also did a registry clean and repair. Tried renaming INFCACHE.1 to INFCACHE.1.bak Tried the hotfix mentioned in a similar post. Ran a registry scan and repair. Devices include memory stick, webcam, printer, wireless KB and mouse. USB ports have power, and Vista sees new hardware when its is plugged in, but always sees it as unknown device and cannot find or install drivers. All devices worked fine 2 days ago. Vista Home Premium 32 bit Acer Aspire 5100 AMD Turion 64 bt processor 2 gb RAM 120 GB hard drive No new updates available. Acer service is crap, and I'm not finding much help from Microsoft either. Acer also does not provide an install disk so I don't see how I can do a clean reinstall of Vista. I can put another OS on this machine, but was kinda having fun with some of the Vista bells and whistles. So, is there a definitive fix for this? Try going into Device Manager and uninstalling everything USB. Then reboot the computer. Do this with only the keyboard and mouse connected. One by one, add the other USB devices. You may have picked up a bad driver, possibly from Windows Update. Also, quit using registry cleaners or any software which claims to fix all ills.. -- Mike Hall - MVP http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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USB Devices Not Recognized
Another idea:
In Install/Uninstall Windows Components there is an option "Manage Removable Storage Devices." Try to check it. I have this problem myself but haven't had a chance to find out yet if this idea is working. "Typicalgirl" wrote in message ... Efrain, Thanks. just tried this with the same (no) results. Vista just lists every USB device I try to install as an unknown device and tells me the best driver is already installed for it. I broke down and bought an OEM version of the OS and will try a clean install after reformatting the drive. If the problem persists, I'll just reformat again and put 2003 server on, since that's what runs on my other computers. I'm only using Vista because it came on this system, and I sort of suspected I would eventually have to remove it. I appreciate your time and help. Thanks! "EfraÃ*n Morales" wrote: HI Typicalgirl: When Windows Vista does not recognize a USB device when plugged: 1. Disconnect all USB devices that are working with conflicts (they are shown in the Device Manager). 2. Restart and see that no Windows popup offers to install drivers, and never can. 3. Go to start Computer Windows inf INFCACHE.1, which is the file causing the trouble and we want to delete it. To do so we need to have maximum authorization as Administrator Privileges. 4. Right click INFCACHE.1 Properties Security tab Edit the permission. If you are the Administrator give yourself Full Control (all options with checks), for you need it to delete and move a Windows Operating System file, and click Ok. 5. Before deleting the INFCACHE.1 file, copy it to any other place, just in case. Delete the original Windows INFCACHE.1 inside the inf file. Restart. 6. Start connecting your USB devices one by one, giving Windows Vista enough time to install the drivers and show the Successfully Installed popup display. 7. Look where you saved the copy of the INFCACHE.1 file and delete it. Efrain Morales "Typicalgirl" wrote: OK - I uninstalled all the USB stuff and rebooted. No change. Then I went poking around in the Vista System Information and found something interesting. In System Informationsystem summarysoftware environmentsystem drivers I can see a list of drivers and their status. The drivers for the devices that Vista is not recognizing are "turned off". I have a screen shot he http://bxf.box49.com/up/main/USB%20snap.jpg So that seems to be the problem, but what's the solution? Is there a way I can set the Start Mode to system or auto? Is there a way I can manually turn them on? any input appreciated - thanks! "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote: "Typicalgirl" wrote in message news Vista stopped recognizing my installed USB devices yesterday. System restore, Last Known Good Config and reinstalling the device drivers have not corrected the problem. Also did a registry clean and repair. Tried renaming INFCACHE.1 to INFCACHE.1.bak Tried the hotfix mentioned in a similar post. Ran a registry scan and repair. Devices include memory stick, webcam, printer, wireless KB and mouse. USB ports have power, and Vista sees new hardware when its is plugged in, but always sees it as unknown device and cannot find or install drivers. All devices worked fine 2 days ago. Vista Home Premium 32 bit Acer Aspire 5100 AMD Turion 64 bt processor 2 gb RAM 120 GB hard drive No new updates available. Acer service is crap, and I'm not finding much help from Microsoft either. Acer also does not provide an install disk so I don't see how I can do a clean reinstall of Vista. I can put another OS on this machine, but was kinda having fun with some of the Vista bells and whistles. So, is there a definitive fix for this? Try going into Device Manager and uninstalling everything USB. Then reboot the computer. Do this with only the keyboard and mouse connected. One by one, add the other USB devices. You may have picked up a bad driver, possibly from Windows Update. Also, quit using registry cleaners or any software which claims to fix all ills.. -- Mike Hall - MVP http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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USB Devices Not Recognized
And yet another thought:
Go to your manufacturer's website, find driver updates for CHIPSETS. download it and install. they are motherboard specific. This is he first thing their technicians do when you call them and they walk you with this problem. I've had this problem for years with XP and now Vista and when I called them and we downloaded the chipsets which I actually downloaded and installed myself a month before it did not help at all. Nonetheless I am going to do it again today or tomorrow. Just FYI. Post back if anything worked for you. It is helpful to know how other people resolve their problems. "Typicalgirl" wrote in message ... Efrain, Thanks. just tried this with the same (no) results. Vista just lists every USB device I try to install as an unknown device and tells me the best driver is already installed for it. I broke down and bought an OEM version of the OS and will try a clean install after reformatting the drive. If the problem persists, I'll just reformat again and put 2003 server on, since that's what runs on my other computers. I'm only using Vista because it came on this system, and I sort of suspected I would eventually have to remove it. I appreciate your time and help. Thanks! "EfraÃ*n Morales" wrote: HI Typicalgirl: When Windows Vista does not recognize a USB device when plugged: 1. Disconnect all USB devices that are working with conflicts (they are shown in the Device Manager). 2. Restart and see that no Windows popup offers to install drivers, and never can. 3. Go to start Computer Windows inf INFCACHE.1, which is the file causing the trouble and we want to delete it. To do so we need to have maximum authorization as Administrator Privileges. 4. Right click INFCACHE.1 Properties Security tab Edit the permission. If you are the Administrator give yourself Full Control (all options with checks), for you need it to delete and move a Windows Operating System file, and click Ok. 5. Before deleting the INFCACHE.1 file, copy it to any other place, just in case. Delete the original Windows INFCACHE.1 inside the inf file. Restart. 6. Start connecting your USB devices one by one, giving Windows Vista enough time to install the drivers and show the Successfully Installed popup display. 7. Look where you saved the copy of the INFCACHE.1 file and delete it. Efrain Morales "Typicalgirl" wrote: OK - I uninstalled all the USB stuff and rebooted. No change. Then I went poking around in the Vista System Information and found something interesting. In System Informationsystem summarysoftware environmentsystem drivers I can see a list of drivers and their status. The drivers for the devices that Vista is not recognizing are "turned off". I have a screen shot he http://bxf.box49.com/up/main/USB%20snap.jpg So that seems to be the problem, but what's the solution? Is there a way I can set the Start Mode to system or auto? Is there a way I can manually turn them on? any input appreciated - thanks! "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote: "Typicalgirl" wrote in message news Vista stopped recognizing my installed USB devices yesterday. System restore, Last Known Good Config and reinstalling the device drivers have not corrected the problem. Also did a registry clean and repair. Tried renaming INFCACHE.1 to INFCACHE.1.bak Tried the hotfix mentioned in a similar post. Ran a registry scan and repair. Devices include memory stick, webcam, printer, wireless KB and mouse. USB ports have power, and Vista sees new hardware when its is plugged in, but always sees it as unknown device and cannot find or install drivers. All devices worked fine 2 days ago. Vista Home Premium 32 bit Acer Aspire 5100 AMD Turion 64 bt processor 2 gb RAM 120 GB hard drive No new updates available. Acer service is crap, and I'm not finding much help from Microsoft either. Acer also does not provide an install disk so I don't see how I can do a clean reinstall of Vista. I can put another OS on this machine, but was kinda having fun with some of the Vista bells and whistles. So, is there a definitive fix for this? Try going into Device Manager and uninstalling everything USB. Then reboot the computer. Do this with only the keyboard and mouse connected. One by one, add the other USB devices. You may have picked up a bad driver, possibly from Windows Update. Also, quit using registry cleaners or any software which claims to fix all ills.. -- Mike Hall - MVP http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |