I've been sending some files to Microsoft to look at this - and I promised
I'd update you...

At some point it would appear I installed (the wrong) blue tooth driver and
it "corrupted the driver database".

He says they've fond the problem, and now just seeing how it will be fixed
(either through download or "change to Vista itself" - which presumably...
SP1!)



William

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> hi guys
>
> i'm having the exact same problem. my Vista Ultimate can't even
> automatically find driver for "Generic Volume" , in other words a
> normal hard disk, not even for a printer, or a USB Mouse in fact it
> can't find drivers automatically for anything..
>
> has anyone managed to find support from Microsoft? i emailed them
> around 3 weeks ago and still nothing! why are they ignoring us?
>
> has anyone found a work around? a working solution? please share if you
> have.
>
> thank you
>
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eLC,
I got the same problem and I think that should be the solution.
1) Open regedit and go to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
2) Take note of the drive reported in "BootDir". This is your default drive.
3) Edit the "Installation Sources" and delete all occurrences different from
the default drive.

For example, in my computer:
BootDir = C:\
Installation Sources = C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERSTORE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS
C:\WINDOWS\
C:\WINDOWS\INF

This patch has fixed the problem on my computer

Ciao from Rome, Italy

Luigi




"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

Somebody found the solution for this problem?

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DRH


"Luigi Stilo" wrote:

> eLC,
> I got the same problem and I think that should be the solution.
> 1) Open regedit and go to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
> 2) Take note of the drive reported in "BootDir". This is your default drive.
> 3) Edit the "Installation Sources" and delete all occurrences different from
> the default drive.
>
> For example, in my computer:
> BootDir = C:\
> Installation Sources = C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERSTORE
> C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\
> C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS
> C:\WINDOWS\
> C:\WINDOWS\INF
>
> This patch has fixed the problem on my computer
>
> Ciao from Rome, Italy
>
> Luigi
>
>
>
>
> "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

Same problem here (Vista Ultimate 32bits, clean install), after 9 months
using Vista since 2-3 months ago this problem show up!
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DRH



"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

The above post provides the solution...OK the one that worked for me. To save you clicking here it is:

Here is the fix for the "Empty Printer List".



C:\windows\inf\INFCACHE.1 is most likely corrupt and should be deleted.

You will need to edit its file permissions to give Full Control to the

User Group before you will be allowed to delete it.

Credit to: Bob (of), Windows Vista Community, Hardware & Devices

I personally used this method and it works and works well. But I assume no liability or credit.