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XP Unable to Find ANY Drivers
I've been in a battle to get XP to load the driver for a USB storage device
and just realized that XP is unable to find ANY drivers for any hardware. I uninstalled the USB Serial Bus Controller, rebooted, the system runs through the New Hardware Wizard, but reports that it can't find any drivers for the device. It did when I installed it, but not now. And it doesn't find drivers for anything that I plug into the PCMCIA slots. Driver.cab exists in windows/Driver Cache/i386. PNP Device Enumerator is running. I have no idea what's going on. Any suggestions? -- Geoff P.S. XP Pro w/SP2 on a HP Pavillion notebook |
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XP Unable to Find ANY Drivers
Have you loaded drivers for any device that you plug into a USB port?
"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message ... I've been in a battle to get XP to load the driver for a USB storage device and just realized that XP is unable to find ANY drivers for any hardware. I uninstalled the USB Serial Bus Controller, rebooted, the system runs through the New Hardware Wizard, but reports that it can't find any drivers for the device. It did when I installed it, but not now. And it doesn't find drivers for anything that I plug into the PCMCIA slots. Driver.cab exists in windows/Driver Cache/i386. PNP Device Enumerator is running. I have no idea what's going on. Any suggestions? -- Geoff P.S. XP Pro w/SP2 on a HP Pavillion notebook |
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XP Unable to Find ANY Drivers
This is more basic then that. I've just noted is that if I go into the
Device Manager, select any device, do an Update Driver specifying that I will "install from a list or specific location", and pick "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install" that none of the hardware types show any drivers. On my properly working system it shows compatible hardware, but on the laptop I have to select a hardware type and no drivers are located. -- Geoff "Mike Hall" wrote in : Have you loaded drivers for any device that you plug into a USB port? "Geoff Schultz" wrote in message ... I've been in a battle to get XP to load the driver for a USB storage device and just realized that XP is unable to find ANY drivers for any hardware. I uninstalled the USB Serial Bus Controller, rebooted, the system runs through the New Hardware Wizard, but reports that it can't find any drivers for the device. It did when I installed it, but not now. And it doesn't find drivers for anything that I plug into the PCMCIA slots. Driver.cab exists in windows/Driver Cache/i386. PNP Device Enumerator is running. I have no idea what's going on. Any suggestions? -- Geoff P.S. XP Pro w/SP2 on a HP Pavillion notebook |
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XP Unable to Find ANY Drivers
Drivers.cab is not enough, unfortunately.
Please see a PC specialist. Tampering with driver database without knowing exactly what you're doing, can end in complete reinstall --PA "Geoff Schultz" wrote: This is more basic then that. I've just noted is that if I go into the Device Manager, select any device, do an Update Driver specifying that I will "install from a list or specific location", and pick "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install" that none of the hardware types show any drivers. On my properly working system it shows compatible hardware, but on the laptop I have to select a hardware type and no drivers are located. -- Geoff "Mike Hall" wrote in : Have you loaded drivers for any device that you plug into a USB port? "Geoff Schultz" wrote in message ... I've been in a battle to get XP to load the driver for a USB storage device and just realized that XP is unable to find ANY drivers for any hardware. I uninstalled the USB Serial Bus Controller, rebooted, the system runs through the New Hardware Wizard, but reports that it can't find any drivers for the device. It did when I installed it, but not now. And it doesn't find drivers for anything that I plug into the PCMCIA slots. Driver.cab exists in windows/Driver Cache/i386. PNP Device Enumerator is running. I have no idea what's going on. Any suggestions? -- Geoff P.S. XP Pro w/SP2 on a HP Pavillion notebook |
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XP Unable to Find ANY Drivers
What hardware are you trying to install?
"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message ... This is more basic then that. I've just noted is that if I go into the Device Manager, select any device, do an Update Driver specifying that I will "install from a list or specific location", and pick "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install" that none of the hardware types show any drivers. On my properly working system it shows compatible hardware, but on the laptop I have to select a hardware type and no drivers are located. -- Geoff "Mike Hall" wrote in : Have you loaded drivers for any device that you plug into a USB port? "Geoff Schultz" wrote in message ... I've been in a battle to get XP to load the driver for a USB storage device and just realized that XP is unable to find ANY drivers for any hardware. I uninstalled the USB Serial Bus Controller, rebooted, the system runs through the New Hardware Wizard, but reports that it can't find any drivers for the device. It did when I installed it, but not now. And it doesn't find drivers for anything that I plug into the PCMCIA slots. Driver.cab exists in windows/Driver Cache/i386. PNP Device Enumerator is running. I have no idea what's going on. Any suggestions? -- Geoff P.S. XP Pro w/SP2 on a HP Pavillion notebook |
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