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Problem detecting new hardware
Name: jclark9000 Date: February 9, 2006 at 12:10:03 Pacific OS: Windows XP Home SP2 CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 2.40 GHz, 256 R Product: Dell 4400
Comment:
... it's not that Windows won't detect my new hardware, it's that it won't STOP detecting my new hardware. I installed a SmartJoy Plus adapter, which is a USB-device that allows me to use a PlayStation controller on my PC. The adapter itself works just fine, but every time I unplug it and plug it back in, or start up my computer while it's already plugged in, Windows comes up with the "New Hardware Detected" window, asking if it can connect to Windows Update to search for drivers, etc., and it's getting a bit annoying.
Is there any humane way to get Windows to stop asking me to install software that has already been installed repeatedly?
Name: Musky Date: February 9, 2006 at 12:52:11 Pacific
Reply:
I've had the same thing happen with hardware installs in XP. One time going on-line and updating the driver to the newest release fixed the problem for me. The other times it just stopped asking by itself in a few days.
Not much help I know. :)
Musky If the voices inside my head paid rent, I'd be rich!
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Response Number 2
Name: Sabertooth Date: February 9, 2006 at 13:05:47 Pacific
Summary: Just installed a CD-R (Yamaha CDRW-F1ZE) because the CD-Rom that came with the computer died and needed to be replaced. Well I went into BIOS and the Yamaha IS listed, but it's not listed under the de...
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