Hi william,

I am having the same problems, did you ever solve it ?

thx,
Ronen

"William Dowell >>>> ((dowell******.com>)" <william(((> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> Firstly, i apologise if this is the "wrong" news thread - i have tried a
> few, but to no avail. If this is the incorrect one, please please don't
> just say it is the wrong one, but point me to the right one!
>
> Now, my problem:
> (I'm using RTM version of Windows Vista - business).
>
> It all worked fine for about a week or so, detecting all devices plugged
> in (and i have to say, was mightily impressed with driver support..)
>
> Until.. these last few days...
>
> Whenever I add a hardware device - from basic things of External HDD,
> camera
> or USB keys etc, the driver search fails, and asks for a manual location..
> Same goes for hubs. All items. Now, I KNOW Vista has all of this
> built in - because you just tell it, each time, to go to System 32 folder,
> and it
> finds the mass-storage / or other driver, no problem.
>
> However EVERYTIME i add something new it does this. This didn't happen
> when i
> first installed Vista, and its a horrible experience. I want it back
> automatically installing!
>
> I was a tester for Windows Vista for I can't even remember how long - and
> never seen this before..
>
> Is there a fix for this / Re-set something in the registry? It's driving
> me
> insane! And, everyone who sees my lovely Vista laptop goes "wow" and then
> plugs in their USB Key, and goes "ohhh... oh yes, they said on the news it
> was full of problems"!!! - I don't like that, as its not fair to
> Microsoft, so... any solution, please... and I can assure you it will get
> my friends / colleagues in the shops for a start!
>
> Kind regards, and thanks in advance to the genius who can sort this out
> for me :-)
>
> William
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