From: "Glenn Meadows" 

I've typically been successful at just doing the install, and browsing to
the proper currently copied/installed files, and letting Windows re-read
those to complete the install.

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Glenn M.
"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
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>> I had thought that bit of foolishness would have been fixed in versions
>> of Windows subsequent to the aging Windows 2000 that I am using here, I
>> guess I overestimated Microsoft's concern about usability.
>
> The same thing happens for other interfaces too, just move your NIC or PCI
> modem card to another slot on the motherboard, it'll require installing
> drivers again.  I never could understand why, it should take inventory of
> already installed drivers and use the right one if already there.  Vista
> is no better at it...
>
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> Bob Comer
>
>
> "/m"  wrote in message
> news:q8mqg2thmpdiqb9gr2d4lu2tgiqpkd3q95{at}4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 18:04:06 -0400, "Gary Britt"
 wrote:
>>
>>>Are you running into a problem with the fact that a printer driver
>>>installed
>>>for a particular USB receptacle/port won't communicate with the very same
>>>printer if its USB cable gets moved to a different USB receptacle/port.
>>
>> I ran into that problem with Windows 2000 and the USB-based audio device
>> I had been using*.  When I moved the device from one USB port to
>> another, I had to reinstall the drivers for that second port, drivers
>> that were already installed for the first port.  I also noticed a
>> similar occurrence when I plugged my PC Card wireless NIC into a
>> different slot than the one in which I had originally installed it.
>>
>> I had thought that bit of foolishness would have been fixed in versions
>> of Windows subsequent to the aging Windows 2000 that I am using here, I
>> guess I overestimated Microsoft's concern about usability.
>>
>> /m
>>
>>
>> * - past tense is used because I now use a MacMini (and AirPort Express)
>> for my audio stuff, and I have left that particular foolishness of
>> Windows behind...
>
>

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