XP useless USB device malfunctions popup

Hey,

Win XP is being annoying, as it often gives a popup in my tray with a little story, about how my USB device has malfunctioned blablablabla

This is untrue because the Precision Pro Joystick (which is the unknown device for XP) works perfectly fine!

How can i turn of such alerts???

Which process gives them?

Thanks for your help

this is what it shows in the bottom right

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its very annoying, popping up with a sound, if anyone knows how to terminate this "service" i would appreciate it