USB Devices Driver issue
August 23rd, 2013
Whenever I plugin a new flash drive or new external Hard disk(new in the sense..new to laptop) windows installs drivers for it. This is time taking and frustrating. How can this issue be resolved?
You have problem waiting few seconds to install necessarily drivers?
Anyway, I think that MUST be done to device work properly….
Windows doesn’t need to install drivers for flash drives.
What it is actually doing is allocating reg entry and a name to that specific drive based on its ID. It takes about 2-4 seconds and requires no user interaction.
The drive can usually be used while this is going on (if you can use it in those 4 seconds!). just live with it…
wo_Ot? replied: You have problem waiting few seconds to install necessarily drivers?
Anyway, I think that MUST be done to device work properly....
hmm nice reply. No wonder it came from you.
I wouldn’t have any problem if it was few seconds. It is taking more than 2-3 min.
I know how much time it would take in normal circumstances.
I said time taking..did I say “seconds” anywhere guys?
Well, YOU didn’t exactly state any time periods either..
Now that we know it’s 2-3 mins, it means that it’s searching windows drivers online for drivers as well as locally.
Try this:
“Remove all USB devices
Click on start orb, Type Advanced System settings in the search box and click to go there.
Click on Advanced tab, Click on Enviroment Variables.
Under the window System variables click on New.
Type ” devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices” (without the “) as the variable name and type 1 as the value.
Click ok 3 times to close the windows
Click on start orb, Type Device Manager in the search box and click to go there.
Click on View, Click on Show hidden devices.
Now you can uninstall all old and unknown USB devices.
Open windows Explorer go to computer in the menu bar, Search for infcache.1 and delete it
If it still does not work remove all USB devices and then uninstall the USB controller(s) followed by a new start”
are you plugging in many diff drives to get something (like the same thing on all) onto the drives
if so try ACTIVE BOOT DISK or MiniXP on Hiren’s BootCD
they seem to mount drives using generic drivers with no “install drivers” wait time
"What it is actually doing is allocating reg entry and a name to that specific drive based on its ID."
this also avoids adding every drive you plug being added to you current OS’s registry
Fluffbutt replied: Well, YOU didn't exactly state any time periods either..
Now that we know it's 2-3 mins, it means that it's searching windows drivers online for drivers as well as locally.
Try this:
"Remove all USB devices
Click on start orb, Type Advanced System settings in the search box and click to go there.
Click on Advanced tab, Click on Enviroment Variables.
Under the window System variables click on New.
Type " devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices" (without the ") as the variable name and type 1 as the value.
Click ok 3 times to close the windows
Click on start orb, Type Device Manager in the search box and click to go there.
Click on View, Click on Show hidden devices.
Now you can uninstall all old and unknown USB devices.
Open windows Explorer go to computer in the menu bar, Search for infcache.1 and delete it
If it still does not work remove all USB devices and then uninstall the USB controller(s) followed by a new start"
I didn’t even think that I should mention such a thing.
Anyway coming to what you have told…I have seen this in some website while googling. But I have far too many (like 50) to uninstall.
http://i.lulzimg.com/fe3542b3f5.jpg
edwoodweb replied: are you plugging in many diff drives to get something (like the same thing on all) onto the drives
No, I am not doing anything of that sort.
edwoodweb replied:
if so try ACTIVE BOOT DISK or MiniXP on Hiren's BootCD
they seem to mount drives using generic drivers with no "install drivers" wait time
"What it is actually doing is allocating reg entry and a name to that specific drive based on its ID."
this also avoids adding every drive you plug being added to you current OS's registry
I think this is happening.
has the time to “install” a new drive increased over time ?
this may be why
But I have far too many (like 50) to uninstall.
not totally sure but I think that list is generated by the “MountPoints2” entry in your registry
“MountPoints2” is the info generated by windows disk mgt and generates and entry for each drive and then any subsequent changes to your drive array
these entries can be deleted with no negative effect except loosing drive letter assignments
“MountedDevices” in the registry also uses that info, and the info in this KEY can also be deleted safely as well
the info in both “MountPoints2” & “MountedDevices” will be recreated as needed on reboot and remounting a drive
it may be that those lists are so long that windows has to check that list before it can install a new one and that’s what’s slowing you down
the reg KEYs I refered to are here or just search your registry for the terms “mountpoints” & “MountedDevices”
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-789336058-823518204-842925246-500\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2
another KEY
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}
is where the driver info is for these drives
any entry using “USB Mass Storage Device” for the “driverdesc” is also a USB drive
I think your problem IS the 50 odd drives listed..
Have you used that many different usb devices? If not then it seems that windows is seeing each device as a new one each time and allocating reg entries for it.
You might HAVE to do the delete thing – that’s too many reg entries for good management!
edwoodweb replied: has the time to "install" a new drive increased over time ?
this may be why
But I have far too many (like 50) to uninstall.
not totally sure but I think that list is generated by the "MountPoints2" entry in your registry
"MountPoints2" is the info generated by windows disk mgt and generates and entry for each drive and then any subsequent changes to your drive array
these entries can be deleted with no negative effect except loosing drive letter assignments
"MountedDevices" in the registry also uses that info, and the info in this KEY can also be deleted safely as well
the info in both "MountPoints2" & "MountedDevices" will be recreated as needed on reboot and remounting a drive
it may be that those lists are so long that windows has to check that list before it can install a new one and that's what's slowing you down
the reg KEYs I refered to are here or just search your registry for the terms "mountpoints" & "MountedDevices"
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-789336058-823518204-842925246-500\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2
another KEY
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}
is where the driver info is for these drives
any entry using "USB Mass Storage Device" for the "driverdesc" is also a USB drive
I did this and the process sped up a bit.
This happens when you put in new drives
have never seen this when installing a new drive
but I use Tiny7 rev01 (non SP1) and never installed a drive using full 7
on my Tiny7 install USB drives are install almost instantaneously with a “ready to use” popup at the end
I also have USB safely remove software. Something to do with this software??
I also have USB safely remove software. Something to do with this software??
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm…
maybe !
can you disable it, prevent it from auto-starting
E N Z O replied: I also have USB safely remove software. Something to do with this software??
No it’s not that app – its Windows,(although that app will show a USB device loading in the bottom right of the screen) I get it when I plug an external into my Win 7 lappies, but it doesn’t take long.