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Device Manager Forcing Restart

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Name: aquafloe
Date: November 28, 2008 at 17:30:38 Pacific
OS: Win XP Pro SP2
CPU/Ram: E6850
Product: Custom
Comment:

This didn't used to happen, but for some reason my Device Manager makes me restart after everything I do. Even uninstalling a device requires a reboot. I'm trying to make a quick driver change for my Xbox controller, but it can't be very fast if I'm rebooting all the time. It only started doing this a couple of days ago. Can anyone help?



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Name: Ed in Texas.
Date: November 28, 2008 at 23:32:39 Pacific
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aquafloe, pure SWAG, have you emptied temp files? What about index.dat? Either can cause all manner of odd behavior.
A common ailment is a file called 'index.dat'. It's like a log file and keeps a record of every site you visit on the web. Empty, it's 32K, but it can grow HUGE. It's a protected file and can't be deleted by normal methods. CCleaner (free @: http://www.ccleaner.com/) can get rid of it (not to worry, it gets rebuilt EMPTY on the next boot.). It can also delete temp files if needed.
HTH.
Ed in Texas.


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Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: November 29, 2008 at 10:33:41 Pacific
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Personally, I can't remember a time when I made a change in Device Manager and I DIDN'T have to reboot.

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