Long shot: Remove the driver. On the driver install.exe package, set
Properties--Compatibility tab to XP Compatible. Now run the install.exe As
Admin. If there are any resultant .exe files, make them XP Compatible too
before running As Admin.

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:6C43EDFF-2577-4EF4-8FE6-1CE18898AF22@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Try this site.
> [url]http://www.infdump.com/download-inf-files_new.php/inffiles/U/USBSTOR.INF/5.1.2600.0/download.html[/url]
>
> "Marein" <Marein@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4B8A9D3E-DA37-4DD7-BE43-CCFAFB9E63BD@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> Hello,
>>
>> For pretty much every USB-based storage device that I plug in to my
>> laptop
>> (USB sticks, external drives...), Vista is unable to find a driver. It
>> first
>> pops up a couple of times telling me that it can't find it and that I can
>> choose for it to try and find a solution, and in the end it points me to
>> this
>> update:
>>
>> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=51F0EF25-280B-4613-A600-C61224BACD1C&displaylang=en[/url]
>>
>> I download it, but then it tells me that "The update does not apply to my
>> system."
>>
>> So now I'm stuck without any way to use USB sticks or external hard
>> drives.
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.[/color]
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