From: "Robert Comer" 

Most of the time that will work, but not always.  We shouldn't even have to
do that anyway...

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Bob Comer


"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:450dcb0b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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.
>
> --
>
> Glenn M.
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:450d809b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> 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...
>>
>> --
>> 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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