abc, try digging through the registry to
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\SUB and look for entries under
Vid_0000&Pid_0000 for identifier strings related to your hardware, its very
possible that the system is recognizing the drives as "Unknown Devices" and
pushing them here.

What you will attempt to do is delete all the entries under the
Vid_0000&Pid_0000 key but MS (in its infinite wisdom) has decided to
eliminate any user control over these keys.

I know this because every time Windows Defender runs against the USB key I
have set up as my ReadyBoost drive it fails out, the hardware drops, Windows
attemtps to recognize it again but Windows Defender is still trying to access
it. The multiple access calls screw with the hardware identification and
Vista ends up identifying the hardware as an "Unknown Device", if I have any
other devices attached to the computer at the time that use USBSTOR.SYS they
are also re-registered as "Unknown Devices".

I may sound bitter.

If I find an EASY way to change the rights on the ENUM keys I'll post it up,
but as it is I think the only methodology of changing the rights on ENUM is
by startup script and I'm frankly I need to calm down first.

"abc@shaw.ca" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hey ,
>
> Does anyone know if there is a soloution to make an external drive work with
> windows vista
>
> let me know please
>
>
>[/color]

"irrespective" wrote:
[color=blue]
> abc, try digging through the registry to
> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\SUB and look for entries under
> Vid_0000&Pid_0000 for identifier strings related to your hardware, its very
> possible that the system is recognizing the drives as "Unknown Devices" and
> pushing them here.
>
> What you will attempt to do is delete all the entries under the
> Vid_0000&Pid_0000 key but MS (in its infinite wisdom) has decided to
> eliminate any user control over these keys.
>
> I know this because every time Windows Defender runs against the USB key I
> have set up as my ReadyBoost drive it fails out, the hardware drops, Windows
> attemtps to recognize it again but Windows Defender is still trying to access
> it. The multiple access calls screw with the hardware identification and
> Vista ends up identifying the hardware as an "Unknown Device", if I have any
> other devices attached to the computer at the time that use USBSTOR.SYS they
> are also re-registered as "Unknown Devices".
>
> I may sound bitter.
>
> If I find an EASY way to change the rights on the ENUM keys I'll post it up,
> but as it is I think the only methodology of changing the rights on ENUM is
> by startup script and I'm frankly I need to calm down first.
>
> "abc@shaw.ca" wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Hey ,
> >
> > Does anyone know if there is a soloution to make an external drive work with
> > windows vista
> >
> > let me know please
> >
> >
> >[/color][/color]