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Old 01-05-2009   #2 (permalink)
Jim


 
 

Re: USB Plug&Play Drivers

On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 21:26:19 -0800 (PST), MikeB <MPBrede@xxxxxx>
wrote:
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>I'm having a question here. I'm new to Vista, so it is sort of based
>on issues I have with XP.
>
>In XP, if I plug a device into a USB port, then Windows installs
>drivers for it. It also does this if I plug a card into the Cardbus
>slot.
>
>If I keep using the same port or slot, then the driver isn't installed
>again. Howver, if I plug the device into another port or slot, it
>seems the device drivers are installed again. This way I ended up with
>multiple designations for my Wireless card.
>
>I could never figure out how to delete this, except by actually
>reinstalling the OS. Is there a way to see what PnP drivers are
>installed even if they are not active and then uninstall them?
>
>Thanks.
Because it is a different "port" .
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