Thread: USB3 indicator
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Old May 30th 14, 03:31 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
AlDrake
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Default USB3 indicator

On 5/29/2014 8:40 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Thu, 29 May 2014 17:43:17 -0400, AlDrake wrote:

Can anyone shed some light on windows 7 tool that alerts connecting to
a USB3 can achieve faster access. I get this sometimes even when I am
connecting a USB3 device but win7 doesn't agree. Can this utility be
accessed to check connections? So far the only way I can tell is viewing
the speed of files being transferred.

Al.


It's apparently installed by the driver installation for your PCIe card.
At least that's how I got it.

I have a directory C:\VIA_XHCI with usb3Monitor.exe in it. It's started
at boot time.

OK, that's out of date. My newer card has installed that program in

C:\Program Files\via xhci uasp utility\usb3monitor.exe

It's initiated in

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

I guess I'll remove the first folder from the root since it's not called
any more.

My guess is that if you disable the above startup command, you won't do
any damage. Use Autoruns to do it safely; you can reinstate it easily
from there if it creates a problem.



I guess I'll need to read the help files for Autorun. In the registry
location you refer to I only see 6 entries and none seem like USB3 related.

Acronis Scheduler2 Service
CmPCIaudio
NvBackend
Nvtmru
ShadowPlay
Windows Mobile Device Center

I have in my program folder Western Digital USB3 Host controller Utility
that when I open it displays
NEC Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller

Everything seems set up right AFAICS.


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