USB3 indicator

On Fri, 30 May 2014 03:49:40 -0400, AlDrake wrote:

On 5/29/2014 10:48 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Thu, 29 May 2014 22:31:21 -0400, AlDrake wrote:

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OK, that's out of date.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.

Start Autoruns and wait for it to finish loading (it will say "Ready" at
the bottom of its screen).

In Autoruns, Search (Ctrl-f works) for usb3monitor. If you have it, that
will locate it for you. If you don't have it, then your message comes
from somewhere other than where mine comes from.

You could also look in the Task Manager to see whether it's running.

Since my first post, I disabled my USB3Monitor to no apparent ill
effect.

Nothing comes up with that search. I'll try more later tonight after work.

Thanks again

Al

Don't bother :-)

Apparently I sent you on a wild goose chase - sorry.

There might be a similar program with your setup, but unfortunately, it
doesn't have the same name as mine.

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)