On 25 Feb, 01:22, Dan <D...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Not to mention that with something like a HP printer, it prompts you for the
> location of the driver about 20 times. I had already installed the printer
> when things were still working then one day I plug the USB in to print
> something and prompt prompt prompt prompt..... My VISTA was raining
>
> I finaly nuked the install and rebuilt it. I pray that this problem does not
> come back or I will have to go back to XP...
>
> I still want to follow this problem so if anybody DOES figure out a solution
> get it to eLC and they can report if it works or not.
>
> ---
> Dan
>
>
>
> "eLC" wrote:
> > Yes, this is a temporary solution. But why doesn't Vista look there first by
> > itself anymore?
> > Argh...!
>
> > /eLC
>
> > "Kevin C" wrote:
>
> > > When it give the option of you browsing for drivers manually, point it to
> > > C:\Windows - It should fine them.
>
> > > "Gavin Ayling" <gavin.ayl...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > >news:1172339378.464964.41950@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> > > > On 24 Feb, 13:37, eLC <e...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > >> No, the only semi-solution I've heard of is re-installingVista- which is
> > > >> not an option for me.
> > > >> There surely must be a registry setting to control its driver path, I
> > > >> can't
> > > >> believe that the kernel has been tampered with, thus needing a ful
> > > >> re-install...
>
> > > >> /eLC
>
> > > >> "Dan" wrote:
> > > >> > DId you ever find a solution to this problem? I have started
> > > >> > experencing this
> > > >> > also.
> > > >> > -
>
> > > >> > "eLC" wrote:
>
> > > >> > > MyVistaBusiness install is now unable to find devicedriversby itself.
> > > >> > > This used to work before I installed Daemon Tools v4.08, which I have
> > > >> > > now
> > > >> > > uninstalled, but it did not resolve my problem.
>
> > > >> > > When plugging in eg. a thumb drive,Vistaused to detect it, and then
> > > >> > > install thenativedriver automatically.
> > > >> > > Now it shows up with a "No driver found" dialog, and I have to point
> > > >> > > it to
> > > >> > > the Windows\System32 folder manually each and every time!
>
> > > >> > > I guess there is some setting that has been altered, but I cannot
> > > >> > > find which
> > > >> > > one.
> > > >> > > Does anyone have a faintest idea to this?
>
> > > >> > > Thanks!
>
> > > >> > > /eLC- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > > > I am suddenly having the same trouble. Even trying to install a
> > > > generic printer says "Unable to find any drivers for this device"...
> > > > But I'm not trying to install a partcular device, just any printer!
>
> > > > Anyone with a solution with be rewarded with great amounts of praise!- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I had the same problem as you, and the same as Peter Ellison (default
location for drivers and HP "core package" not found):



Look at this post for the answers..

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/...g-drivers.aspx

I am having the same problem guys, I never had the issue with installing
devices on my dual boot trial of Vista I ran on my D Drive, all device
drivers i.e usb hard drives, portable storage, HID Keyboards and mice
all installed straight away. However not I have upgrade my XP on my C
drive I'm suffering the same problems as you guys - these same devices
are detected but the indows Wizard report it needs drivers and can not
find them locally, admittedly I am not sure if I have pointed in
specifically to look in the windows folder, I know no drivers are found
when I search "C:/" however if I seach "D:/" where my trial vista
installation still exists it finds all the drivers/software from
there!

There seems to be a lot of this problems on Microsofts official webpage
community forums - many people typicall trying to install pen
drive's/USB sticks and external drivers which in XP met know problems.
There seems to be no official fix, except for changing the registry
which I have not yet tried. Could someone confirm if the registry
change works as a permanent fix, and could someone detial how to change
or paste some text so ic ould make a *.reg file.

Thanks

Dave


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What is the reg change? I would like to try it - ( i am prepared to risk
it!!!) - will report back on what it does!
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>
> I am having the same problem guys, I never had the issue with installing
> devices on my dual boot trial of Vista I ran on my D Drive, all device
> drivers i.e usb hard drives, portable storage, HID Keyboards and mice
> all installed straight away. However not I have upgrade my XP on my C
> drive I'm suffering the same problems as you guys - these same devices
> are detected but the indows Wizard report it needs drivers and can not
> find them locally, admittedly I am not sure if I have pointed in
> specifically to look in the windows folder, I know no drivers are found
> when I search "C:/" however if I seach "D:/" where my trial vista
> installation still exists it finds all the drivers/software from
> there!
>
> There seems to be a lot of this problems on Microsofts official webpage
> community forums - many people typicall trying to install pen
> drive's/USB sticks and external drivers which in XP met know problems.
> There seems to be no official fix, except for changing the registry
> which I have not yet tried. Could someone confirm if the registry
> change works as a permanent fix, and could someone detial how to change
> or paste some text so ic ould make a *.reg file.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
>
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I'm having the same issue with a USB/Serial device. Drivers are supposed to
work on Vista 64. I've loaded the drivers, using their wizard. Says they
are loaded, but when I plug in the device, it does not find the drivers.
I've tried pointing to C:/windows with no luck and even C:. Device manager
shows the USB device but no drivers. Dealer says he has sold thousands of
these devices and had no issues. Says he has a VISTA 64 bit machine and had
no issues. Any suggestions before I call the Geek Squad?


"William Dowell >>>> ((dowell@gmail.com>)" <william(((> wrote in message
news:11918DD6-FB6E-49CA-8BF3-321FB77DED52@microsoft.com...
> What is the reg change? I would like to try it - ( i am prepared to risk
> it!!!) - will report back on what it does!
> "davidmaiden18183" <davidmaiden18183.2n0obe@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in
> message news:davidmaiden18183.2n0obe@DoNotSpam.com...
>>
>> I am having the same problem guys, I never had the issue with installing
>> devices on my dual boot trial of Vista I ran on my D Drive, all device
>> drivers i.e usb hard drives, portable storage, HID Keyboards and mice
>> all installed straight away. However not I have upgrade my XP on my C
>> drive I'm suffering the same problems as you guys - these same devices
>> are detected but the indows Wizard report it needs drivers and can not
>> find them locally, admittedly I am not sure if I have pointed in
>> specifically to look in the windows folder, I know no drivers are found
>> when I search "C:/" however if I seach "D:/" where my trial vista
>> installation still exists it finds all the drivers/software from
>> there!
>>
>> There seems to be a lot of this problems on Microsofts official webpage
>> community forums - many people typicall trying to install pen
>> drive's/USB sticks and external drivers which in XP met know problems.
>> There seems to be no official fix, except for changing the registry
>> which I have not yet tried. Could someone confirm if the registry
>> change works as a permanent fix, and could someone detial how to change
>> or paste some text so ic ould make a *.reg file.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
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Many 64 bit systems coming with Vista installed have Vista 32 bit not Vists
64 bit installed on them so be sure that if you are trying to install Vista
64 bit drivers that you do not have Vista 32bit installed on your system.
"Rusty " <rhemen@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
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> I'm having the same issue with a USB/Serial device. Drivers are supposed
> to work on Vista 64. I've loaded the drivers, using their wizard. Says
> they are loaded, but when I plug in the device, it does not find the
> drivers. I've tried pointing to C:/windows with no luck and even C:.
> Device manager shows the USB device but no drivers. Dealer says he has
> sold thousands of these devices and had no issues. Says he has a VISTA 64
> bit machine and had no issues. Any suggestions before I call the Geek
> Squad?
>
>
> "William Dowell >>>> ((dowell@gmail.com>)" <william(((> wrote in message
> news:11918DD6-FB6E-49CA-8BF3-321FB77DED52@microsoft.com...
>> What is the reg change? I would like to try it - ( i am prepared to risk
>> it!!!) - will report back on what it does!
>> "davidmaiden18183" <davidmaiden18183.2n0obe@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in
>> message news:davidmaiden18183.2n0obe@DoNotSpam.com...
>>>
>>> I am having the same problem guys, I never had the issue with installing
>>> devices on my dual boot trial of Vista I ran on my D Drive, all device
>>> drivers i.e usb hard drives, portable storage, HID Keyboards and mice
>>> all installed straight away. However not I have upgrade my XP on my C
>>> drive I'm suffering the same problems as you guys - these same devices
>>> are detected but the indows Wizard report it needs drivers and can not
>>> find them locally, admittedly I am not sure if I have pointed in
>>> specifically to look in the windows folder, I know no drivers are found
>>> when I search "C:/" however if I seach "D:/" where my trial vista
>>> installation still exists it finds all the drivers/software from
>>> there!
>>>
>>> There seems to be a lot of this problems on Microsofts official webpage
>>> community forums - many people typicall trying to install pen
>>> drive's/USB sticks and external drivers which in XP met know problems.
>>> There seems to be no official fix, except for changing the registry
>>> which I have not yet tried. Could someone confirm if the registry
>>> change works as a permanent fix, and could someone detial how to change
>>> or paste some text so ic ould make a *.reg file.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
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>

Checked and it is running 64 bit version.

"JW" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message
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> Many 64 bit systems coming with Vista installed have Vista 32 bit not
> Vists 64 bit installed on them so be sure that if you are trying to
> install Vista 64 bit drivers that you do not have Vista 32bit installed on
> your system.
> "Rusty " <rhemen@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
> news:uxQ3AdnYHHA.4552@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> I'm having the same issue with a USB/Serial device. Drivers are supposed
>> to work on Vista 64. I've loaded the drivers, using their wizard. Says
>> they are loaded, but when I plug in the device, it does not find the
>> drivers. I've tried pointing to C:/windows with no luck and even C:.
>> Device manager shows the USB device but no drivers. Dealer says he has
>> sold thousands of these devices and had no issues. Says he has a VISTA
>> 64 bit machine and had no issues. Any suggestions before I call the Geek
>> Squad?
>>
>>
>> "William Dowell >>>> ((dowell@gmail.com>)" <william(((> wrote in message
>> news:11918DD6-FB6E-49CA-8BF3-321FB77DED52@microsoft.com...
>>> What is the reg change? I would like to try it - ( i am prepared to risk
>>> it!!!) - will report back on what it does!
>>> "davidmaiden18183" <davidmaiden18183.2n0obe@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in
>>> message news:davidmaiden18183.2n0obe@DoNotSpam.com...
>>>>
>>>> I am having the same problem guys, I never had the issue with
>>>> installing
>>>> devices on my dual boot trial of Vista I ran on my D Drive, all device
>>>> drivers i.e usb hard drives, portable storage, HID Keyboards and mice
>>>> all installed straight away. However not I have upgrade my XP on my C
>>>> drive I'm suffering the same problems as you guys - these same devices
>>>> are detected but the indows Wizard report it needs drivers and can not
>>>> find them locally, admittedly I am not sure if I have pointed in
>>>> specifically to look in the windows folder, I know no drivers are found
>>>> when I search "C:/" however if I seach "D:/" where my trial vista
>>>> installation still exists it finds all the drivers/software from
>>>> there!
>>>>
>>>> There seems to be a lot of this problems on Microsofts official webpage
>>>> community forums - many people typicall trying to install pen
>>>> drive's/USB sticks and external drivers which in XP met know problems.
>>>> There seems to be no official fix, except for changing the registry
>>>> which I have not yet tried. Could someone confirm if the registry
>>>> change works as a permanent fix, and could someone detial how to change
>>>> or paste some text so ic ould make a *.reg file.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>
>
>

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:29:29 -0800, Dan <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>DId you ever find a solution to this problem? I have started experencing this
>also.
>-
>
>
>"eLC" wrote:
>
>> My Vista Business install is now unable to find device drivers by itself.
>> This used to work before I installed Daemon Tools v4.08, which I have now
>> uninstalled, but it did not resolve my problem.
>>
>> When plugging in eg. a thumb drive, Vista used to detect it, and then
>> install the native driver automatically.
>> Now it shows up with a "No driver found" dialog, and I have to point it to
>> the Windows\System32 folder manually each and every time!
>>
>> I guess there is some setting that has been altered, but I cannot find which
>> one.
>> Does anyone have a faintest idea to this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> /eLC

I found that after using Vista for a while, it seems to start losing its desktop
settings and various Registry settings. Especially if you start "tweaking" the
OS using hardly-ready tweaker tools.
I kept losing my ATI drivers on shut-down some how, and when I started up, I
encountered the infamous "win32k.sys" BSOD because Vista couldn't find the video
driver anymore. After encountering this error several times, and going back in
through Safe Mode and restoring the driver or Vista (or the last known good
configuration), I eventually was not even able to do that anymore, since even
Safe Mode would not start.

This might be because Vista's shut down code is not quite up-to-snuff, and fails
to SAVE your settings/Register every once in a while (probably caused by
failing to flush out the System caches properly on shut-down because of
Microsoft's desire to shut the System down quickly because of user-complaints
from previous versions of Windows). XP had this problem (and still does) for
a long time. Microsoft has STILL not fixed it in the last 6 years. Hopefully,
they will be willing to endure the complaints of the few "power users" in order
to make sure Vista shuts down properly this time around for the MAJORITY.

If any Microsoft engineers are reading this, PLEASE fix this problem, and don't
take 6 years to do it?

A long time ago, I learned a very valuable lesson: It's BETTER to have a
well-running (that is, PEACEFUL) edifice than it is to have the "the best" one,
since more customers will keep coming back to a well-run edifice, but WON'T
necessarily come back to the "best" one. Let's face it: It's the ones who keep
coming back year after year who make us the greatest profit, not the ones who
spend a few bucks more than everyone else every few years.

If the "best one" has rude waiters who are always being pushed to be faster or
more "efficient", or have high-prices, only the "High Rollers" will go there
consistently. The only places where "High Rollers" make money for the
organization are casinos, because they spend more money losing to the house than
they do when receiving "comps" from the Management (which don't make them a
dime).

Hear this, Microsoft:
Most of us want a "Well-running" OS, rather than one which is very " fancy and
high-falutin' ".

The "fancy" is ok, and (sometimes) can be "icing on the cake", but PLEASE don't
give us a "fancy" OS at the price of a "well-running" one.

Donald L McDaniel
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William Dowell;2647383 Wrote:
> What is the reg change? I would like to try it - ( i am prepared to
> risk
> it!!!) - will report back on what it does!
> "davidmaiden18183" <davidmaiden18183.2n0obe@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in
> message
> news:davidmaiden18183.2n0obe@DoNotSpam.com...
> >
> > I am having the same problem guys, I never had the issue with
> installing
> > devices on my dual boot trial of Vista I ran on my D Drive, all
> device
> > drivers i.e usb hard drives, portable storage, HID Keyboards and
> mice
> > all installed straight away. However not I have upgrade my XP on my
> C
> > drive I'm suffering the same problems as you guys - these same
> devices
> > are detected but the indows Wizard report it needs drivers and can
> not
> > find them locally, admittedly I am not sure if I have pointed in
> > specifically to look in the windows folder, I know no drivers are
> found
> > when I search "C:/" however if I seach "D:/" where my trial vista
> > installation still exists it finds all the drivers/software from
> > there!
> >
> > There seems to be a lot of this problems on Microsofts official
> webpage
> > community forums - many people typicall trying to install pen
> > drive's/USB sticks and external drivers which in XP met know
> problems.
> > There seems to be no official fix, except for changing the registry
> > which I have not yet tried. Could someone confirm if the registry
> > change works as a permanent fix, and could someone detial how to
> change
> > or paste some text so ic ould make a *.reg file.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
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I read this on another Forum site - this is a direct copy of the text

"It has been suggested by someone that the Reg key
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion should be changed.



This key originally was set to %SystemRoot%\inf

I have changed this to c:\Windows\inf;
c:\windows\system32\DriverStore;
%SystemRoot%\inf"

Let me know your findings


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davidmaiden18183 wrote:

> I read this on another Forum site - this is a direct copy of the text
>
> "It has been suggested by someone that the Reg key
> HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion should be changed.

Are you sure that shouldn't be
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DevicePath ?
That's where I see %SystemRoot%\inf on my machine.

> This key originally was set to %SystemRoot%\inf
>
> I have changed this to c:\Windows\inf;
> c:\windows\system32\DriverStore;
> %SystemRoot%\inf"

I'd like to hear from everyone who is having this problem of missing
or unlocatable drivers. Please type this at a command prompt:
echo %SystemRoot%
and tell us what you see.

For those who don't know how to get a command prompt:
Start > Accessories > Command Prompt

I get

"C:\Windows
C:\Users\William (my username)
"

Not sure what this is supopsed to mean though as i am nto familier with
command prompt etc, sorry.

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"Don" <don195702@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> davidmaiden18183 wrote:
>
>> I read this on another Forum site - this is a direct copy of the text
>>
>> "It has been suggested by someone that the Reg key
>> HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion should be changed.
>
> Are you sure that shouldn't be
> HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DevicePath ?
> That's where I see %SystemRoot%\inf on my machine.
>
>> This key originally was set to %SystemRoot%\inf
>>
>> I have changed this to c:\Windows\inf;
>> c:\windows\system32\DriverStore;
>> %SystemRoot%\inf"
>
> I'd like to hear from everyone who is having this problem of missing
> or unlocatable drivers. Please type this at a command prompt:
> echo %SystemRoot%
> and tell us what you see.
>
> For those who don't know how to get a command prompt:
> Start > Accessories > Command Prompt
>
>
>