To Atreju: Problem with adding hardware

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

>-----Original Message-----
>On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 00:53:15 -0700, "Anatoly"
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi!
>>Can you explain me such problem:
>>Windows XP work fine, but when I try open "ADD HARDWARE"
>>service, I receive message, what it is possible to add
>>only one device at any moment and now adding of hardware
>>in progress, so stop it before adding new hardware. But
>>there is no any message about adding hardware. There I
can
>>find info about what is adding and how stop it??
>
>I think the gist of what you're saying is that if you try
the Add
>Hardware command from Control Panel, you are being told
there is
>already hardware being added. Could it be that whatever
hardware you
>have is plug-n-play and that Windows is in the middle of
adding it?

Possibly it could be, but how and where I can find info
about adding hardware? Device manager show that all
hardware work normal.
>
>Windows XP is notorious for adding detected hardware
without your
>intervention, even if you don't want it to use its own
drivers, or
>even to install it at all. Try to wait a while and see if
the hardware
>eventually gets added on its own (should not take more
than about 1-5
>minutes).
I was waiting many more time .

If it does, you can test it and upgrade the drivers if
>necessary.
>
>HTH
>
>
>---Atreju---
>.
>