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Re: Ipod, USB Flash Drive Drivers Not Found
You're welcome.
Glad you solved your problem(s).
The INFCACHE.1 problem only seems to happen on a relatively few users.
Luckily I have not had this problem.
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I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!
"SandyG" <SandyG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8F618F1F-2978-49E2-A8D6-F3F768D2DB1C@microsoft.com...
> Thanks, Cal Bear '66. Your solution worked and coincidentally solved a
> driveer problem I was having with an Epson scanner.
>
> I notice that INFCACHE.1 has not been regenerated. If it is not necessary
> and it causes driver problems, you would think that Microsoft would eliminate
> it or fix the problem.
>
> All the best.
>
> "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>
>> This solution has worked for some people with problematic USB devices:
>>
>> Locate the file INFCACHE.1 in C:\Windows\inf
>>
>> Right click on the INFCACHE.1 file, select Properties >Security > Edit, and
>> give
>> your account full control.
>>
>> Delete INFCACHE.1, or rename it to INFCACHE.1.BAK or temporarily move to your
>> desktop.
>>
>> REBOOT
>>
>> Try plugging in your USB devices again.
>>
>>
>> --
>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "SandyG" <SandyG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:CE0B9ED6-27B6-4601-8A9F-F8572E4BF114@microsoft.com...
>> >I am having exactly the same issue with USB Flash Drives. I have several --
>> > some install and others don't. Vista cannot find the drivers anywhere for
>> > the
>> > problem drives and neither can I. All the drives work fine on my XP based
>> > laptop.
>> >
>> > "Pi" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have a 60Gb 5th generation ipod and several usb flash drives that used
>> >> to
>> >> be recognized by Windows XP's native Plug and Play driver scheme.
>> >> However,
>> >> after a clean install of Vista Ultimate 32-bit, Windows is unable to find
>> >> drivers for any of my devices. I have followed other discussions and
>> >> tried
>> >> things such as leaving devices plugged in and rebooting, directing Windows
>> >> to
>> >> search for drivers in the C:\Windows folder, installing updates from
>> >> Windows
>> >> Update, and other attempts. I am at the end of my creativity about
>> >> getting
>> >> my ipod and flash drives to install so that I can use them. Having tried
>> >> previous suggestions, I'm stumped. Any ideas? Has Microsoft basically
>> >> dropped plug and play support in Vista? This would be an odd move, as
>> >> these
>> >> devices are so widespread...
>>
>>
>>
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