USB connection question

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Do you click on the "safely remove hardware" icon before taking out the usb
cable?
The Undertaker

"uo" <notreal@notreal.com> wrote in message
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> I have a USB device and if I unplug/plug the USB cable repeatadly and
> monitor hardware connections sometimes the driver does not get loaded and
> after that the device is lost, doesn't matter how many times you
plug/unplug
> after that. If I do a "Scan for hardware changes" the driver gets loaded
and
> the device is back online. 1. Does anybody have any ideas as to what might
> be causing the problem 2. Is there a windos API that I can use to call
"Scan
> for Hardware Changes" programmatically ?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

No, because I am testing for unexpected disconnections.


"The Undertaker" <chrispak9@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Do you click on the "safely remove hardware" icon before taking out the
usb
> cable?
> The Undertaker
>
> "uo" <notreal@notreal.com> wrote in message
> news:ju6dnRzUX9_uTSjcRVn-1g@igs.net...
> > I have a USB device and if I unplug/plug the USB cable repeatadly and
> > monitor hardware connections sometimes the driver does not get loaded
and
> > after that the device is lost, doesn't matter how many times you
> plug/unplug
> > after that. If I do a "Scan for hardware changes" the driver gets loaded
> and
> > the device is back online. 1. Does anybody have any ideas as to what
might
> > be causing the problem 2. Is there a windos API that I can use to call
> "Scan
> > for Hardware Changes" programmatically ?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
>
>