GrayPM,
Here is a Microsoft KB article written to address this problem in WinXP, but
the principles involved can apply to Vista as well:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/871233/en-us
I'll try to find such an article written just for Vista and post it when and
if I find it.
--
freddy
"GrayPM" wrote:
> Until recently my version of Vista (Home Premium edition 64 bit) recognised a
> Samsung Flash Drive, now for some reason it doesn't. At same time other USB
> Memory Devices (Kingston U3 DataTraveler 2Gb) stoarge devices. With all these
> devices when I install the unit Vista recognises them, installs a driver and
> then tells me that a file is missing and thathat the installation is stopped
> - and thus I cannot use the device. I have contacted Kingston and they told
> me about 2 possible solutions - tell Vista to go to System32 etc and to go to
> c:/Windows/Inf and remove INFCACHE.1; as it might have got corrupted, which
> I have duly done. Still the devices are not recognised or the file is still
> reported as missing. Kingston haven't got back to me since I reported the
> failure although they did promise to (now 4 days).
> From my searching on this Group and via the web this seems a common problem
> (solved by above??) any one suggest another 'work around', I have even tried
> getting Vista to recognise these devices as other brands.
> --
> Gray