prodonjs,
Here is a link to a freeware utility that will identify unknown devices in
Device Manager:
http://members.datafast.net.au/dft0802/downloads.htm
It does other work as well. I've not used it. I just accidentally found it
one day while looking for something else. Version 1.4 says it works with
Vista.
--
freddy
"prodonjs" wrote:
> I was curious to see if anyone had a suggestion about trying to find out some
> way of identifying a device's name. I have an unknown device listed in my
> Device Manager, but I cannot figure out what it is. It does not appear to be
> anything I am in need of; it’s not a firewire, USB, network, wireless, sound,
> or display adapter and all of the my hardware devices work properly. I did
> think that it could have been a touchpad driver since I don’t have the nice
> Synaptics manager that I used to have when I had XP installed, but I am
> unsure and I think I created some problems for myself last time by trying to
> install some drivers for devices that I wasn't positive that I needed or that
> were incompatible with Vista.