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Question QUESTION: Hi there. I just installed Window Vista . was using XP before. everything works fine. but now switch over to vista, everything is good but the USB problem . i have 4 usb port at the back and 2 at the front of the comp. 4 2.0 , 2 1.1 . I plug in iPOD , USB , headphone and none of them works , it says found new hardware but doesnt have the driver. also i don think my USB 2.0 driver is installed . its VIA usb 2.0 driver, but they don support Vista. only thing my USB connect to is my mouse and keyboard. i will upload a picture of my Device manager along . thank you for your time . http://img227.imageshack.us/my.php?image=123rb9.jpg
ANSWER: If you plug in the hardware and 'it says found new hardware but doesnt have the driver' then you will have to go to each manufacture of the device and download Vista drivers. The device manufacture did not supply MS with the drivers when Vista was built. The manufacture may not even support Vista for your device.
If you can't find the drivers then you may have to upgrade the devices.
QUESTION: I just search for C drive for driver. everytime it works. but once i unplug the device and plug it in again... i redo and let it search C drive for driver again. and i cant find a USB 2.0 driver. thanks
Answer You could try this:
Find your driver(s), then copy it to another folder on your hard drive.
Go to My Computer, right click, a menu will open, go to 'Manage'. Go down to Device Manager, in the right window go all the way to the bottom. There you will find the USB devices, find your device, right click on the device and go to properties. Click on the 'Driver' tab then 'Driver Details', In the window it will list all the drivers necessary for the device to funtion properly. Copy all of them to your folder.
Now that you have all the drivers in another folder you can close the properties window. Right click on the device and select 'Uninstall'. Before restarting the computer you will have to go to the folder where you found the orginal drivers and delete them, this will force the 'New hardware found' Wizard to ask you for the drivers.
On restart the 'New hardware found' Wizard will open, it will ask to search for the drivers, answer 'No' and then point the wizard to the folder you made with the drivers.
This should fix your problem, I think that the install for the device is corrupt in the registry this will remove that entry from the registry and re-write it.
