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From: Paul 
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Subject: Re: Why does XP keep doing the "Found New Hardware".......
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 21:20:58 -0500
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james@nospam.com wrote:
> Why does XP keep doing the "Found New Hardware" thing for every new
> flashdrive I plug in? Even if it's an identical flash drive, it does
> that. For example I bought two IDENTICAL SanDisk 32gb drives. XP had to
> go thru this process for BOTH drives, not just the first one. WHY?
> 
> 

USB devices which have serial numbers, the
serial number alerts the OS to the fact that
an entry already exists for the device.

When a USB device doesn't have a serial number,
the OS will pop up that dialog each time, as
a form of punishment. Even moving the device
from Port 5 to Port 6 on your PC, could cause
the dialog to pop up again.

And while you would think having a serial number
for each device makes sense, the level of
compliance with that requirement, wasn't
all that good in the past.

Based on capacity, a 32GB device should be modern
enough to have a serial number. And they should
be distinguishable from one another.

    Paul
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