Thread: USB reinstalling drivers/not registering

This is what I would do initially.

Start button > Accessories Folder > Right click mouse on 'Command Prompt' and select 'Run as administrator'

At the command prompt I would type CD.. plus enter key repeatedly until it reads C:\>

Eg.

C:\Users\Me>CD..
C:\Users>CD..
C:\>

Then I would type -

C:\>SET DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
C:\>DEVMGMT.EXE

Device manager will now open as I have asked it to. From the 'View' menu I would select 'Show Hidden Devices' and then start to carefully delete the massive amount of repeatedly installed removable device drivers that your machine has been installing and hope that this would solve the issue.

If that failed I would physically test the USB ports by running a Windows PE environment from a CD such as Mini Xp found on Hiren's Boot CD.

If that worked I would then know that it is definitely an issue with Win 7 and start searching forums for why the drivers might be repeatedly installing themselves.