Vista does not reconize USB

[The_wand_mirror]

When i plug in any USB device into my computer running vista it requires a driver to run it, even the normal USB Sticks from 1GB seem to require a driver.

What is this? Are there drivers for these things or can you turn it off somehow?

 

[Mince]

Every USB device requires a driver, but most OS's have them installed already. Vista will report that the driver is being run ever time you insert a USB, but it should recognize it in less than a second or two.

 

[The_wand_mirror]

Did you ever but a USB stick with an included driver =/?

 

[The_wand_mirror]

Well....

 

[TheDivineBoss]

Wand, as a friend, I recommend you to throw your computer out the window and buy a Windows XP computer.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

It's actually all in the way you set up your USB stick. Mine is just a generic "USB Mass Storage Device", so it works on XP, Vista, Linux, whatever you want, with no hassle at all.

Some sticks come with built-in madness, though. So, my suggestion would be to save everything somewhere, format the disk with Windows so it's a proper mass storage instead of something else, and try again.

 

[Mince]

Velm has a USB that has it's driver on a separate CD( he has xp, i have vista), he didn't run the installation from the cd, but both xp and vista recognize it.

 

[Master Replicator]

buying a windows xp computer is pretty hard unless you buy directly from like hp or dell and or have your own copy of XP

 

[Gilles]

Or build it yourself. : )

 

[Samuraid]

Until July 31st 2009, at least. After that, forget about getting XP.

 

[PurplePoot]

Odd, too, since Vista flopped and everyone knows it.

 

[The_wand_mirror]

Wand, as a friend, I recommend you to throw your computer out the window and buy a Windows XP computer.

You RECOMMEND me to throw my NEW COMPUTER out of the WINDOW because of the USB acting weird?

Nvm, i solved it yesterday i called my brother.

I feel stupid, it appears that in the front there was only USB 1.1 and in the back was 2.0

Yeah i know ''WTF"' but i bought this PC once from my brother and the case is not that new and the USB 1.1 thingies were left in it. Gotta change that sometime.

Not vista's fault, BUT MY FAULT.

Sorry vista =p

 

[punwisp]

XP is for noobs

 

[TheDivineBoss]

XP is for noobs

Vista is for idiots.

 

[bounty hunter2]

USB sucks most of the time. Most OS have trouble with them and they only spread viruses :/

 

[TheDivineBoss]

That's why you gotta read the manual, but no one reads it anyway

 

[bounty hunter2]

USB has manual? I didn't know that... xD

 

[TheDivineBoss]

Everything has a manual, although sometimes not easiely to find.

 

[bounty hunter2]

"Sarcasm"

I know everything has manuals. And I know why. I have seen many people that don't have any knowledge of computers, and they need a manual to show them where to plug in a usb. And how to safely remove it.