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Hi,
I have just bought a new mouse (Gyration Ultra). The manufacturer website
specifically says that there are NO special drivers necessary for the mouse,
that it will be automatically detected by windows ("100% plug and play"). I
plugged the mouse into my computer AT WORK, and it immediately started
working. So the manufacturer is correct.
My problem is this - when I plug it into my computer at HOME, XP loads,
finds the hardware, and then tells me to search for the frickin drivers!
(This did not happen on my computer at work). I delved deeper and saw that
the list in Control Panel | Add hardware | Manually select from list | Show
all devices, the list is fricking empty! My Windows XP driver cache is
bloody gone! It has NO drivers for ANY hardware.
How do I get it back?!?!?
I tried system restore and it achieved nothing. The DRIVER.CAB file is
sitting in my \Windows\Driver Cache\i386 folder but it's doing nothing!
Please help, I am SO frustrated.
Hi,
I have just bought a new mouse (Gyration Ultra). The manufacturer website
specifically says that there are NO special drivers necessary for the mouse,
that it will be automatically detected by windows ("100% plug and play"). I
plugged the mouse into my computer AT WORK, and it immediately started
working. So the manufacturer is correct.
My problem is this - when I plug it into my computer at HOME, XP loads,
finds the hardware, and then tells me to search for the frickin drivers!
(This did not happen on my computer at work). I delved deeper and saw that
the list in Control Panel | Add hardware | Manually select from list | Show
all devices, the list is fricking empty! My Windows XP driver cache is
bloody gone! It has NO drivers for ANY hardware.
How do I get it back?!?!?
I tried system restore and it achieved nothing. The DRIVER.CAB file is
sitting in my \Windows\Driver Cache\i386 folder but it's doing nothing!
Please help, I am SO frustrated.