I have a "game adapter input, (Joystick, etc.)" that is not supported by
VISTA that shows up as an unknown device.
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Paul
"freddy" wrote:
> 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.