Rename Devices in XP

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isanders@ozemail.com.au (Ivan Sanders) wrote:

>We are setting up a box with a number of USB devices (video streams),
>but the software used to manage them can only tune the first instance
>because all of the devices have the same name (they all show in Device
>Manager) - is there any way we can rename these devices so that they
>are unique???

I have not found a way yet to change a device name in the Device
Manager.

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

You can not change the name, as the device name is part of the config file
in the hardware that windows reads during P&P detection.

"Ivan Sanders" <isanders@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Guys,
>
> We are setting up a box with a number of USB devices (video streams),
> but the software used to manage them can only tune the first instance
> because all of the devices have the same name (they all show in Device
> Manager) - is there any way we can rename these devices so that they
> are unique???
>
> Thanks
>
> Ivan
> isanders@ozemail.com.au