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Is there a documentation on how OS ( XP in particular) should initialize newly inserted USB device?
For example - when inserting Microsoft 2.4GHz transmitter - the XP goes thru three "install newly found device " ( one of then is "human interface") , always complains that the device is "not safe" to install and ends up with "Found new hardware" balloon.
Another example - inserting "old" 500 MB flash goes thru several similar install - including "generic volume".
Sometime, not always , I get "newly installed device is functioning properly".
Sometime, not always too, new device gets detected on "local" USB ports and fails to get installed / detected on D_link USB (powered) hub - recently updated to the latest and greatest driver.
If it is just "unsupported" / obsolete XP lack of USB operation ( happen before when it was still supported by MS) , I'll live with it.
I am not interested in "update to Windoze XYZ", just looking for some reasonable documentation on how USB (plug and pray) devices are detected / installed by ANY OS. ( Perhaps it is in USB doc itself? I did not look ).
Thanks
Cheers Vaclav
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Have a look at USB in a NutShell[^].
If you have problems with a specific USB device / OS combination you should search the web.
There are standard devices like hubs, human interface, and storage volume which usually does not require a specific driver but will use a default driver provided by the OS. But non-standard devices require a specific driver. When this is not provided by the OS it must be installed (found new hardware with Windows).
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Thanks, very nice doc, easy to navigate.
I need to study it in detail.
So far I am unclear why single USB device "belongs / need" multiple data / stuff like "human interface", "disk drive " , "volume" etc.
I am still not clear when the OS detects valid "plug and pray" USB device , with internal resources already known, why it goes thru all those dialogs.
I can see when external resources are needed, but I would expect that the OS would do , at least some stuff, "automatically" and just report " USB device installed , ready to run".
Cheers
Pf 2016
Addendum
I think I just opened can of worms.
Example
I can plug in my Arduino development port to "direct" USB port,it installs (on XP) without single problem as plug and play.No restart.
If I remove it and move it to my D-link port ABSOLUTELY nothing gets reported by XP.
Needles to say Arduino IDE no longer recognizes the COMx port as active and the only way to get it back is to uninstall the COMx,and rescan for new hardware. Than XP goes thru clear install and ask for "restart".
So far it looks as "chaining" USB - direct PC port , PCI USB interface and or D_link is pretty inconsistent.
I just wonder ( rhetorical question only ! ) if newer versions of Windows work better?
-- modified 8-Jan-16 12:27pm.
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When my system is restarted then my screen brightness goes to 0 %
I tested all possibilities like setting up for screen resolutions , Swapping Motherboards , swapping Processors , Even i had swapped RAM Three times engineer came and they are also doing same procedure which i have done earliest
Please give some advice and solution
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Because we don't have access to your system it is nearly impossible to find the reason.
It is also unclear what 'restart' means (power on, reboot from BIOS, OS).
But I can give you some tips to narrow down the source of the problem:
- Check if it is the monitor by using another one and/or connecting the monitor to another system.
- Do the same for the VGA/DVI/HDMI cable.
- Check if it is the system itself by activating the BIOS and reboot from there.
- Check if it is your OS by booting from a live system (from DVD or USB stick) and reboot/restart from within the live system.
Once you have narrowed down the source, you may search the web for help.
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@Jochenn Arndt
I was checked your First two options but i didn't checked for last two option , so i'll check and tell you soon. thank you !!!!!!!!
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From an Access application, I am trying to generate a ".accde" file using VBA from a ".accdb" file. I´m using the "app.SysCmd 603, INPATH, OUTPATH" method, but always returns 0 and do not works.
Any idea how to fix it?
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File/Save As/Save Database as/Make ACCDE
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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Obviously I can do it so, but I need to do it through VBA code to automate the process.
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Make sure that your database has no code errors (go into a VB code module and run Compile from the Debug menu) - you cannot create an executable database if there are any code errors
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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Thanks, it was a stupid mistake when compiling the application.
Now everything works perfectly.
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Has anyone here created a network router out of an old XP machine? I've found some posts about how to do it, but before I start, I wanted to ask for recommendations.
Would I be better off installing Linux for this project, or can I find good NAT software for XP?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Thanks for those links! 
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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NAT is super easy to setup in Linux (assuming you have a decent Linux and networking background). It's essentially already a capability built into the kernel, so you just have to configure it (no additional packages required). If it's an old machine, Linux can also make better use of available resources (i.e. not a resource hog), of course, assuming you pick a Linux distro that doesn't use a lot of resources (i.e. don't use Ubuntu w/ Unity, perhaps with MATE).
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Albert Holguin wrote: pick a Linux distro that doesn't use a lot of resources (i.e. don't use Ubuntu w/ Unity, perhaps with MATE).
I have an old broken machine that struggled with XP, installed Ubuntu server (by taking the hard disk out and putting it in another machine!) Runs apache and a few other things just fine. It's the GUI that hurts. I manage it remotely (ssh) of course.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Yep, but there are GUIs that aren't that resource intensive... Xfce, MATE... so you don't necessarily have to give up the GUI to get decent performance out of an old computer.
Unity on the other hand... that thing is horrible if you don't have good hardware. I'm not a fan, not a fan at all.
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I'm trying to deploy ultraVNC to multiple computers, could anyone tell me what is the easiest way to deploy ultraVNC without user interaction? I've tried using /silent and /very silent switch to hide the installation box, but so far keeps coming out. Also, is there any way to bypass the UAC from prompting the logged in user to allow installation to continue? Finally, how can I copy the configuration of an already installed ultravnc to future installations?
Thanks in advance
thanks
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tips & tutorials....
http://www.pcteckonline.org
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If I perform the upgrade from 8.1 to 10 on my laptop, does that overwrite the recovery partition so that I wouldn't be able to restore the laptop to 8 if I needed to?
I wouldn't mind this except for the fact that the original recovery includes all the right drivers and system utilities which I wouldn't want to lose.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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How would the Win10 install know what that partition is? It should leave it alone.
(But then, I never "upgrade", I only start fresh. And I never buy off-the-shelf systems.)
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: How would the Win10 install know what that partition is?
I see your point. But anything can happen, I suppose.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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please just go for update and then go for upgrade windows 10 it is easiest way to install windows 10...
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