XP Unable to Find ANY Drivers

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I've been in a battle to get XP to load the driver for a USB storage device
and just realized that XP is unable to find ANY drivers for any hardware.
I uninstalled the USB Serial Bus Controller, rebooted, the system runs
through the New Hardware Wizard, but reports that it can't find any drivers
for the device. It did when I installed it, but not now. And it doesn't
find drivers for anything that I plug into the PCMCIA slots.

Driver.cab exists in windows/Driver Cache/i386. PNP Device Enumerator is
running. I have no idea what's going on. Any suggestions?

-- Geoff

P.S. XP Pro w/SP2 on a HP Pavillion notebook

 

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Have you loaded drivers for any device that you plug into a USB port?



"Geoff Schultz" <geoffAT@geoffschultz.org> wrote in message
news:Xns95CE7B07CB932geoffschultzorg@207.46.248.16...
> I've been in a battle to get XP to load the driver for a USB storage
> device
> and just realized that XP is unable to find ANY drivers for any hardware.
> I uninstalled the USB Serial Bus Controller, rebooted, the system runs
> through the New Hardware Wizard, but reports that it can't find any
> drivers
> for the device. It did when I installed it, but not now. And it doesn't
> find drivers for anything that I plug into the PCMCIA slots.
>
> Driver.cab exists in windows/Driver Cache/i386. PNP Device Enumerator is
> running. I have no idea what's going on. Any suggestions?
>
> -- Geoff
>
> P.S. XP Pro w/SP2 on a HP Pavillion notebook

 

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This is more basic then that. I've just noted is that if I go into the
Device Manager, select any device, do an Update Driver specifying that I
will "install from a list or specific location", and pick "Don't search,
I will choose the driver to install" that none of the hardware types
show any drivers. On my properly working system it shows compatible
hardware, but on the laptop I have to select a hardware type and no
drivers are located.

-- Geoff

"Mike Hall" <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> wrote in
news:ecvjGwd7EHA.3708@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl:

> Have you loaded drivers for any device that you plug into a USB port?
>
>
>
> "Geoff Schultz" <geoffAT@geoffschultz.org> wrote in message
> news:Xns95CE7B07CB932geoffschultzorg@207.46.248.16...
>> I've been in a battle to get XP to load the driver for a USB storage
>> device
>> and just realized that XP is unable to find ANY drivers for any
>> hardware. I uninstalled the USB Serial Bus Controller, rebooted, the
>> system runs through the New Hardware Wizard, but reports that it
>> can't find any drivers
>> for the device. It did when I installed it, but not now. And it
>> doesn't find drivers for anything that I plug into the PCMCIA slots.
>>
>> Driver.cab exists in windows/Driver Cache/i386. PNP Device
>> Enumerator is running. I have no idea what's going on. Any
>> suggestions?
>>
>> -- Geoff
>>
>> P.S. XP Pro w/SP2 on a HP Pavillion notebook
>
>
>

 

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Drivers.cab is not enough, unfortunately.
Please see a PC specialist. Tampering with driver database
without knowing exactly what you're doing, can end
in complete reinstall
--PA


"Geoff Schultz" wrote:
> This is more basic then that. I've just noted is that if I go into the
> Device Manager, select any device, do an Update Driver specifying that I
> will "install from a list or specific location", and pick "Don't search,
> I will choose the driver to install" that none of the hardware types
> show any drivers. On my properly working system it shows compatible
> hardware, but on the laptop I have to select a hardware type and no
> drivers are located.
>
> -- Geoff
>
> "Mike Hall" <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> wrote in
> news:ecvjGwd7EHA.3708@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl:
>
> > Have you loaded drivers for any device that you plug into a USB port?
> >
> >
> >
> > "Geoff Schultz" <geoffAT@geoffschultz.org> wrote in message
> > news:Xns95CE7B07CB932geoffschultzorg@207.46.248.16...
> >> I've been in a battle to get XP to load the driver for a USB storage
> >> device
> >> and just realized that XP is unable to find ANY drivers for any
> >> hardware. I uninstalled the USB Serial Bus Controller, rebooted, the
> >> system runs through the New Hardware Wizard, but reports that it
> >> can't find any drivers
> >> for the device. It did when I installed it, but not now. And it
> >> doesn't find drivers for anything that I plug into the PCMCIA slots.
> >>
> >> Driver.cab exists in windows/Driver Cache/i386. PNP Device
> >> Enumerator is running. I have no idea what's going on. Any
> >> suggestions?
> >>
> >> -- Geoff
> >>
> >> P.S. XP Pro w/SP2 on a HP Pavillion notebook
> >
> >
> >
>
>

 

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What hardware are you trying to install?



"Geoff Schultz" <geoffAT@geoffschultz.org> wrote in message
news:Xns95CEAA3F7A3DAgeoffschultzorg@207.46.248.16...
> This is more basic then that. I've just noted is that if I go into the
> Device Manager, select any device, do an Update Driver specifying that I
> will "install from a list or specific location", and pick "Don't search,
> I will choose the driver to install" that none of the hardware types
> show any drivers. On my properly working system it shows compatible
> hardware, but on the laptop I have to select a hardware type and no
> drivers are located.
>
> -- Geoff
>
> "Mike Hall" <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> wrote in
> news:ecvjGwd7EHA.3708@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl:
>
>> Have you loaded drivers for any device that you plug into a USB port?
>>
>>
>>
>> "Geoff Schultz" <geoffAT@geoffschultz.org> wrote in message
>> news:Xns95CE7B07CB932geoffschultzorg@207.46.248.16...
>>> I've been in a battle to get XP to load the driver for a USB storage
>>> device
>>> and just realized that XP is unable to find ANY drivers for any
>>> hardware. I uninstalled the USB Serial Bus Controller, rebooted, the
>>> system runs through the New Hardware Wizard, but reports that it
>>> can't find any drivers
>>> for the device. It did when I installed it, but not now. And it
>>> doesn't find drivers for anything that I plug into the PCMCIA slots.
>>>
>>> Driver.cab exists in windows/Driver Cache/i386. PNP Device
>>> Enumerator is running. I have no idea what's going on. Any
>>> suggestions?
>>>
>>> -- Geoff
>>>
>>> P.S. XP Pro w/SP2 on a HP Pavillion notebook
>>
>>
>>
>